> at a meeting on october 25, the central bank raised the key rate by 200 bp. - from 19 to 21%. thus, the rate was at a record level since the beginning of the war (in february 2022, the central bank raised it to 20%). the head of the bank of russia, elvira nabiullina, said that many countries went through this before achieving sustainable low inflation and the benefits that low inflation provides, including affordable market mortgages, affordable loans for business." > later, nabiullina noted that the central bank is at a turning point in the fight against inflation, and already next year, if there are no shocks, the regulator may begin to reduce the key rate. in the central banks base scenario for 2025, its average value is at the level of 1720%. earlier, the head of the rostec state corporation, sergei chemezov, warned that due to the high key rate, russian industry was under the threat of mass bankruptcies. a similar forecast was made by the center for macroeconomic analysis and short-term forecasting, which is close to the kremlin. according to experts, keeping the rate at 21% or higher for a long time could lead to a decline in production, corporate bankruptcies and an increase in non-payments in the economy. 2/2   26/kaliningradskii-gubernator-predl ozhil-privlekat-zhitelei-kuborke-sn ega-iz-za-defitsita-dvornikov-a1486 85
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