The Bank of Russia presented a scenario in case of a global crisis
The average key rate in Russia in 2025 may be 20-22% per annum. This may happen if external conditions deteriorate significantly, i.e. a global crisis begins. economic crisis. This is stated in the risk scenario published by the Bank of Russia under the title “Main directions of the unified state monetary and credit policy” policy».
For example, next year could see something like the massive financial crisis that we saw in 2007-2008, when interest rates soared across the planet and there were serious market imbalances. And ongoing deglobalization is intensifying the negative trends.
In the risk scenario, crisis phenomena begin to manifest themselves in the first quarter of 2025, reaching their peak in the second and third quarters. It also provides for a contraction of the Russian economy over two years (2025-2026). The recovery of the economy will begin in 2027, when growth of 2-3% of GDP will be achieved.
Under the risk scenario, inflation in Russia in 2025 will rise to 13-15% due to a significant reduction in supply. Therefore, the Bank of Russia will seriously tighten monetary policy. In the baseline scenario, the Bank of Russia assumes that in 2027 the key rate will return to the long-term neutral range of 7,5-8,5% per annum.
At the same time, the Bank of Russia reported that Russia's international reserves grew to $614,5 billion, reaching a maximum since February 2022. Russia's external debt as of July 1, 2024, amounted to $306,1 billion, having decreased since the beginning of 2024 by $10,7 billion, or 3,4%.
Thus, the existing international reserves of the Russian Federation cover the country's external debt twofold. However, the Bank of Russia did not specify whether these figures include its frozen assets in the West and whether they can be used to pay off (repay) the existing national debt.
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