Wednesday, July 13, 2016

The external debt of Russia for six months in 2016 increased by $ 3 billion – Kommersant

According to the Central Bank of Russia, Russia’s foreign debt for the first half of 2016 increased by $ 3 billion. “The accumulated external debt of the Russian Federation, including the external debt of the state and the private sector increased in the first half of 2016 $ 3 billion, or 0.6%, and as of July 1 was $ 521.5 billion “, – stated in the report of the Central Bank. In the structure of external debt continues to dominate the obligations of the private sector.

It is noted that the increase in external debt was “a consequence of activation of the acquisition by non-residents of sovereign debt in rubles on the secondary market.” The growth of external debt also contributed to the calculation of Russian companies dividends to shareholders, which before the payments are recorded as external liabilities of the company.

Earlier, Deputy Economy Minister Alexei Vedev talked about cosmetic adjustments to the macroeconomic forecast for 2016, engage in an open discussion with economists awaiting deepening recession based on bad statistics Rosstat in May. The Ministry of Economy remain optimistic: forecasters this department are expected to improve indicators of wages and investments in Russia in the near future

For more information, see the article “b”, “the Ministry of Economy has found. equilibrium”.

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