Russian central bank not inclined to tighten further

The Russian central bank’s statement accompanying today’s Board meeting reinforces our view that September’s interest rate hike was intended as a one-off. Whereas the financial markets are pricing in further tightening, we think it’s most likely that the next move in interest rates will be down.

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