This morning’s decision by the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) to keep its key interest rates unchanged was expected, but the accompanying statement suggests that policymakers are becoming increasingly worried about a liquidity squeeze in the banking sector. The problem for the CBR is that cutting interest rates significantly would risk stoking capital outflows, thus intensifying the liquidity squeeze facing banks.
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