Stanislav Bovt, analyst of the CMS group of companies, in an interview with the newspaper Izvestia estimated The rise of the US dollar to 76-78 rubles at the end of February – the beginning of March 2023. With data At 17:23 Moscow time on the Moscow Stock Exchange, the dollar was trading at 74,6450 rubles.
The dollar is currently strengthening against all currencies, including the ruble, according to the analyst. He announced that since the end of January 2023, the ruble has lost more than 7% of its value against the dollar.
“There is a possibility that the dollar will rise to 76-78 rubles in late February or early March,” Bovt said.
According to him, the reason for this is the increasing sanctions pressure on the backdrop of the 10th sanctions package announced by the European Union against Russia, the drop in oil prices last week and the harsh rhetoric of the US Federal Reserve to further increase the key. ratio.
Bovt also believes that there will be a peak in payments made to exporting companies under the budget rule on February 27, and this may support the ruble.
“And a strong dollar will give some support to the Russian budget, boosting ruble export earnings, which is not bad for the economy as a whole,” the analyst summed up.
At the same time, a number of analysts acknowledged that the Russian ruble strengthened against the dollar. Bogdan Zvarich, analyst of the financial supermarket “Banki.ru” in an interview with RIA Novosti suggestedHe said the dollar could drop to 72.5 rubles this week. and by idea The ruble will begin to recover its losses in the US dollar and euro towards the end of February, said Vladislav Antonov, a financial analyst at the data center operator for BitRiver mining.