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The Russian economy’s overheating has officially peaked and growth will slow from here as the non-monetary policy methods adopted at the start of this month start to take effect, according to the latest issue of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR)’s monthly new letter Talking Trends. The central bank has been fighting sticky inflation since the second quarter last year without much luck, but in July changed tactics to stamp on economic growth by restricting access to credits that that have been fuelling inflation using administrative tools. The first slavo was to end the generous mortgage subsidy…

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