The Central Bank will consider the option of increasing the interest rate in July, Kirill Tremasov, head of the monetary policy department of the Bank of Russia, said at a communication session on monetary policy in Murmansk. His words are quoted RIA News.
According to him, the possibility of an interest rate increase is currently being evaluated; This issue will be brought to the agenda at the June meeting. He emphasized that it would be more logical for the Central Bank to allow an interest rate increase in July.
“These are the proposals presented in June; at the board meeting in June, these proposals will be on the board table in the July round,” Tremasov said.
He noted that at the last board meeting, proposals were made to increase the interest rate by 100 basis points to 17 percent and by 200 basis points to 18 percent.
On June 7, for the fourth time in a row, the Central Bank was recorded The base interest rate was 16% per annum, and raising this rate at the next meeting on July 26 was not ruled out. Senior Researcher at the Center for Research on Problems of Central Banks, IPEI, Presidential Academy, Yuri Perevyshin suggestedAlthough there is no change in basic interest rates, deposit and loan interest rates are expected to increase in the near future.
Russians before It has been recommended save 100 rubles per day.