Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank announced its readiness to further increase the key rate – Kommersant

The Central Bank will be ready to further raise the key rate if it does not see a slowdown in inflation, said Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Olga Polyakova. She recalled that at recent meetings the Central Bank raised the key rate at a “very noticeable pace” – by 7.5 percentage points, to 15% per annum.

“If necessary, we will be ready to do this again if we do not see signs of a sustainable slowdown in inflation and a cooling of inflation expectations,” Ms. Polyakova said at the XI Congress of Financiers of Kazakhstan (quoted by TASS).

In July, the Central Bank raised the key rate to 8.5%, in August – to 12%, in September – to 13%, in October – to 15%. Thus, from July to October the rate doubled: from 7.5% to 15%. Head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina last week admittedthat before the New Year the rate may be increased one more time, but in this case, next year the Central Bank will reduce it as inflation decreases.

The reasons for the rate increase can be found in the Kommersant publication “Race with Inflation.”

Leonid Uvarchev