Russia Resists Calls to Cut as Inflation Concerns Grow
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Scott Rose & Olga Tanas – February 12, 2013) Russia’s central bank refrained from easing borrowing costs after inflation surged to a 15-month high, warning of the...
View ArticleInflation, corruption catching up with public utilities on Russian top...
(Interfax – MOSCOW, July 11, 2013) Housing and public utilities remain the biggest concern for Russians (55%) although the problem’s acuteness has been alleviated in recent months, the Russian Public...
View ArticleRussia had 6.5% inflation in 2013, way above target – Rosstat
MOSCOW. Dec 31. (Interfax) – Russia had 6.5% inflation in 2013, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said, quoting preliminary figures. December inflation decelerated to 0.5%, from 0.6% in...
View ArticleTargeting Inflation: The Right Move for the Long Haul
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Stanislav Savinov, special to RBTH – February 3, 2014) Stanislav Savinov is a macroeconomic analyst at UFS Investment Company in Moscow. New leadership has...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: Russia holds rate, warns of rises if inflation accelerates
[“Russia holds rate, warns of rises if inflation accelerates” – CentralBankNews.info – February 14, 2014 – http://www.centralbanknews.info/2014/02/russia-holds-rate-warns-of-rises-if.html]...
View ArticleFewer Russians Worry About Inflation Despite Predictions of Higher Food Prices
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – August 13, 2014) Fewer Russians are concerned about inflation than they were a month ago, a new poll published Tuesday showed, even as analysts warned recession was...
View ArticleRussia Beyond the Headlines: Russia to continue on economic course despite...
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexei Lossan, RBTH – October 3, 2014) Speaking at the Russia Calling Investment Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the main direction in the...
View ArticleRuble’s Fall and Food Import Bans Send Inflation Ever Higher
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – October 6, 2014) Year-on-year inflation hit 8 percent in September, driven up by the plummeting value of the ruble and Russia’s bans on many food imports from the...
View ArticlePutin Said to Stun Advisers by Backing Corruption Crackdown
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Evgenia Pismennaya, Irina Reznik- November 19, 2014) Vladimir Putin sat motionless as the minister, seizing on the Russian leader’s first major meeting with his economic...
View ArticleRussians facing soaring prices as inflation surges into double digits
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexei Lossan – February 11, 2015) Russia’s consumer price inflation hit 15 percent in annual terms in January, the highest rate since February 1999, on the...
View Article82% of Russians See Steep Prices Rises as Nation’s Biggest Problem – Poll
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – March 17, 2015) Inflation is the biggest concern for Russians with 82 percent of the population picking it as the most pressing issue facing the country, according...
View ArticleRussian inflation slows to 1.2% in March, annual rises to 16.9% – Rosstat
MOSCOW. April 6 (Interfax) – Inflation in Russia slowed to 1.2% in March from 2.2% in February, 3.9% in January and 2.6% in December, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said. This was...
View ArticleMoody’s: Russian inflation to peak at 17%-18% in Q2 2015, drop below 10% by...
MOSCOW. April 15 (Interfax) – Moody’s Investors Service expects Russian inflation to peak at 17%-18% in the second quarter of 2015 and to drop below 10% by mid-2016 as the impact of the ruble’s...
View ArticleRuble Rebound Slows Russia’s Rampant Food Price Inflation
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Delphine d’Amora – April 21, 2015) The ruble’s rapid recovery in recent weeks has seen prices on some foods fall, easing months of spiraling inflation and softening...
View ArticleRussian Cabbage Prices Triple as Much-Loved Staple Falls Victim to Inflation
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Howard Amos – April 27, 2015) The cost of a cabbage in Russia has almost tripled in less than six months. The Russian staple – and a key ingredient in traditional...
View ArticleNEWSLINK Wall Street Journal: Russia’s Beloved Borscht Reveals Reality of...
Russia had its most severe year-over-year monthly inflation in 13 years in March, the result of a plunge in crude oil prices, a devalued ruble and the Kremlin’s ban on an array of Western food imports...
View ArticleRussians Hope Worst is Over as Inflation Slows in May
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – June 5, 2015) Russian inflation slowed in May for the second month and the price of key foodstuffs began to fall, official data showed, signaling that the worst of...
View ArticleInterfax: Peak of inflation has passed, but risks remain – Nabiullina
MOSCOW. June 8 (Interfax) – The Central Bank of Russia is expecting a reduction of inflation and noted that its peak has already passed, although risks exist for it, Central Bank Governor Elvira...
View ArticleRussia most likely to have 10.5% inflation for year – Ulyukayev
MOSCOW. July 7 (Interfax) – Russia is must likely to have 10.5% inflation for this year, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said. “Our official forecast is 11.9%. We won’t be changing it...
View ArticleRussian Food Prices Stabilize After Months of Racing Inflation
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anastasia Bazenkova – August 3, 2015) After a year of skyrocketing food prices that have forced many Russians to spend less on what they eat, the cost of many...
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