The latest data show that Russia’s economy grew strongly in December and that consumer price inflation rose to 8.7% y/y in January. The inflation reading was weaker than expected, but inflation looks set to fall only slowly from here and we think this argues in favour of a 100bp rate hike, to 9.50%, on Friday.
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