While central banks across much of the emerging world are cutting interest rates, high inflation prevented the Central Bank of Russia from doing so today, in spite of the weakness of the economy. Nonetheless, we expect inflation to fall over the coming months, which should pave the way for policy easing. For now, we have pencilled in a 25bp cut in Russia’s key interest rates at June’s MPC meeting.
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