Capital Control Stabilized the Situation on the Currency Market

Капитальный контроль позволил стабилизировать ситуацию на валютном рынке

Alexandra Bozhechkova, Еlena V. Sinelnikova-Muryleva and Pavel Trunin
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Еlena V. Sinelnikova-Muryleva: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Russian Economic Development, 2022, issue 5, 4-8

Abstract: In late February 2022, the EU countries and the USA put in place sanctions against the Bank of Russia, which imply freezing of international reserve assets. As a result, about 50% of the reserves ($300 bn of the $630 bn available as of February 1, 2022) were affected by the sanctions. The freezing of reserves led to the suspension of the budget rule. Accordingly, despite the reduction of exports, the price growth on key commodities led to a sharp increase in the supply of foreign currency on the Russian foreign exchange market, while demand remains limited due to the effect of restrictions on capital flows. In the medium-term period, as a new equilibrium is established in the markets, it is advisable to develop an alternative version of the budget rule, ensuring, as before, a lower correlation between oil prices and the exchange rate.

Keywords: inflation; monetary police; key rate; capital outflow; Bank of Russia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 E52 F31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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