The Central Bank of the Russian Federation responded to the message from Maria Prusakova, a member of the State Duma Committee on Agrarian Issues, about the timing of the reduction of the key rate.
The Central Bank did not confirm the parliamentarian’s forecast and clarified the information on the rate.
The rate forecast will be published later, the regulator explained. This was reported by RBC .
Earlier, Prusakova announced on her Telegram channel plans to reduce the rate from March.
At a meeting with deputies, the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, announced plans to return the rate to the 2023 level.
The Central Bank clarified that official data on the key rate were presented in the mid-term report after the October meeting. No new forecasts are expected yet.
Earlier, Prusakova wrote that Nabiullina, at a meeting with the communists, spoke about a gradual reduction in the rate from smart to the 2023 level.
