Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Michael Khromov Author-Name-First: Michael Author-Name-Last: Khromov Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Russian Banking Sector in April 2013 Abstract: In April 2013, the Russian banking sector was driven by the same principal trends that were observed in the first quarter of the year. Real sector lending kept slowing down in spite of higher growth rates in household savings. In addition, allowances for provisions for losses on loans and other assets began to have an increasingly inhibitory effect on the financial efficiency of the Russian banking sector. Classification-JEL: E21, E41, E51, E58, G21 Keywords: Banking sector Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2013 Issue: 6 Month: June Pages: 34-37 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/152Khromov.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:152