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Russia’s Economy Moving in Right Direction, Domestic Demand Recovering - IMF

© AFP 2023 / MANDEL NGANThe seal of the International Monetary Fund is seen at the headquarters building in Washington, DC on July 5, 2015
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The Russian economy is headed in the right direction as it started to recover from the shocks of lower oil prices and Western sanctions, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Director of Research Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti told a news conference on Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The IMF chief researcher added that the policy response by the Russian government has been adequate.

"Domestic demand is gradually recovering. Monetary policy has started an easing cycle, and…we see the Russian economy moving clearly in the right direction," Milesi-Ferretti told reporters.

"The exchange rate has played a crucial role in acting as a stabilizing device," Milesi-Ferretti explained.

He said the big depreciation of the Russian ruble exchange rate allowed containing the fiscal impact of the declining oil prices.

"It has limited the decline in oil revenues when measured in rubles," the economist said.

Milesi-Ferretti noted that ruble’s depreciation was hard for domestic demand, since real incomes declined.

Earlier on Tuesday, the IMF released its Global Economic Outlook that had revised Russia’s growth upward. Russia’s GDP will contract 0.8 percent in 2016 and grow at 1.1 percent in 2017, according to the Fund.

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