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Russia CPI (Aug.)

The fall in Russian inflation to 6.9% y/y in August, coming alongside last month’s drop in household inflation expectations, reinforces our view that the central bank will resume its easing cycle later this month. We expect the benchmark one-week repo rate to be cut by 50bp to 10.00%.

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