Russia Needs to Raise Rates Further as Inflation at Highest Since 2016: Poll of Analysts

Russia Needs to Raise Rates Further as Inflation at Highest Since 2016: Poll of Analysts
The Russian Central Bank headquarters in downtown Moscow, on July 24, 2020. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images
Reuters
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MOSCOW—Russia will need to raise interest rates further to combat stubbornly high inflation that overshot forecasts and shows little signs of slowing, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday.

Russia’s export-focused economy has already recovered to pre-pandemic levels and is on track to grow further. But the recovery, together with global inflation and a weak rouble, is pushing consumer prices higher, denting living standards.