Central Bank has raised key bet

Central Bank of Russia for the first time since 2018 increased the key rate by 0.25 percentage points – up to 4.5 percent per annum, the message on the regulator’s website.

previously analysts dealt with respect to future actions of the Central Bank. The surveyed RBC experts talked about the preservation of the bet, while some of them allowed an increase of 0.25 percentage points – up to 4.5 percent per annum.

At the same time, the participants of the Bloomberg consensus forecast also predicted the preservation of the rates at the same level. However, two people from 40 expected growth by 0.25 percentage points and one – by 0.5, that is, up to 4.75 percent per annum.

/Media reports.