Showing posts with label Russian Central Bank. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russian Central Bank. Show all posts
Friday, August 28, 2015

28/8/15: CBR and Ruble: Fiscal Balance in Oil's Shadow

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As I noted earlier this month, Russia has officially entered the recession. The key drivers for 3.4% contraction in 1H 2015 were the same ...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

18/6/15: Russian Central Bank Targets Rebuilding of Foreign Reserves

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Recently, speaking at a banking conference in St Petersburg, Elvira Nabiullina, head of the Central Bank of Russia outlined the CBR positi...
Friday, April 10, 2015

10/4/15:Ruble's Mysterious Rise: Some Thoughts

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There is an interesting debate starting up around the Ruble: in recent weeks, Ruble appreciation against the USD has pushed it out of its ...
Friday, March 20, 2015

20/3/15: Central Bank Interventions in Ruble Markets down to Zero in February

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Don't hear much of "Panic at the Central Bank of Russia" reports as of late in the Western media - the ones that whipped int...
Thursday, January 1, 2015

1/1/2015: Russian Reserves Down USD10.4bn in the Week of December 26th

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CBR published data on Russia's foreign exchange reserves for last week (through December 26th), showing another drop in reserves to th...
Friday, September 14, 2012

14/9/2012: Russian CB raises rates

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Bank of Russia hiked key refinancing rate to 8.25 by 25bps on the foot of rising inflation pressures, with current rate back at the levels...