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Bank of Russia scraps easing pledge, setting policy adrift
Deepening recession, risks to inflation and rouble are pulling central bank in different directions
Published Mon, Aug 3, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Moscow
THE four words Russia's central bank didn't say have brought new intrigue to its monetary policy.
By omitting the phrase from June that it will be "ready to continue cutting" borrowing costs as inflation decelerates further, governor Elvira Nabiullina left economists searching for clues to the path of interest rates.
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