Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name:Shadrin Artem Author-Name-First: Artem Author-Name-Last:Shadrin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Municipal and subfederal loan market Abstract: The regions’ consolidated budgets and the budgets of subnational state off-budget funds ran with a deficit of Rb 178.7bn (0.22% of GDP) at the 2015 year-end. In terms of percentage of GDP, the regions’ consolidated budget deficit was over three times as little as the value recorded in 2014. For example, in 2014, subnational budgets ran a deficit of Rb 485.6bn (0.68% of GDP). Classification-JEL: H71, H74 Keywords: Russian economy, municipal finances, loan market Creation-Date: 2016 Revision-Date:2016 Publication-Status: Published in RUSSIAN ECONOMY IN 2015 TRENDS AND OUTLOOKS (ISSUE 37) Length: 10 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2016-258.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2016 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2016-258