The central bank of Russia (CBR) left its key policy rate unchanged at 4.25% as expected today but the accompanying communications delivered a clear hawkish shift. With headline inflation likely to remain high into 2021, interest rates are set to stay on hold for some time. We now think there is just about scope for one more 25bp interest rate cut to 4.00% next year (from our previous forecast of 3.50%).
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