16.09.2016 - 19:01 [ Channel NewsAsia ]

Russian central bank cuts key interest rate

MOSCOW: Russia‘s central bank cut on Friday (Sep 16) its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 10 per cent, but warned it couldn‘t provide another quick jolt to jump-start stalled economic growth.
The Bank of Russia said in a statement that the cut, the first since June and widely expected by analysts, was possible thanks to a „decrease in inflation expectations and unstable economic activity“.