FXStreet (Edinburgh) – Analysts at BBH sees the Russian central bank keeping its benchmark rates unchanged at this week’s meeting.
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“Russia’s central bank meets Friday and is expected to keep rates steady at 11.0%”.
“However, the market is split. Of the 28 analysts polled by Bloomberg, 15 see no change, 12 see a 50 bp cut to 10.5%, and 1 sees a 100 bp cut to 10%”.
“The last move was a 50 bp cut to 11% back in July. For this meeting, we are in the steady policy camp, especially with the ruble weakening to levels not seen since September. Russia also reports November trade Friday”.
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