Chief Economist Danish Saxo Bank Stylish Jacobsen at a press conference online predicted a ruble sharp strengthening in 2022, the correspondent “Renta.Ru” reports.
According to Jacobsen, next year, it should be expected to strengthen the course of the Russian national currency to 69-70 rubles per dollar. This will contribute to the rise in energy prices and the competent actions of the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina.
Head of the Jacobsen regulator called “a very pragmatic head of the Central Bank.” “In this sense, I like the ruble,” the chief economist Saxo Bank added.
At the same time, he noted that it is always extremely difficult to predict the influence of internal factors on the ruble exchange rate, so it prefers more to focus on external. Among them are the future launch of the North Stream-2 gas pipeline. “If the world will change its agenda, clarify the intentions of the German government against the” Northern Flow – 2 “, this issue will be resolved. And this will lead to the strengthening of the ruble,” the economist noted.
At the time of publication, the dollar was trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange at 74.73 rubles, Euro – 83.88 rubles.