Russian Federation : Selected Issues
Release Date: © October, 2007
ISBN
: 978-1-45183-315-7
Stock #: 1RUSEA2007002
English
Stock Status: On back-order
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Description
This Selected Issues paper on the Russian Federation underlies inflation persistence and evolution in response to structural shocks. Inflation in Russia has been characterized by a considerable degree of persistence. An explicit inflation-targeting framework may help reduce firms’ uncertainty about the future. This, in turn, may allow firms to be more forward-looking, thereby reducing persistence. The exchange rate is the Central Bank of Russia’s (CBR) main policy instrument for controlling inflation. Allowing more nominal appreciation would help to keep inflation on a downward path and better anchor inflation expectations.
Taxonomy
Economic policy , Inflation , Monetary policy
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