Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Alexandra Bozhechkova Author-Name-First: Alexandra Author-Name-Last: Bozhechkova Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: INFLATION AND MONETARY POLICY IN OCTOBER 2013 Abstract: The consumer price index stood at 0.6% in October 2013 (against 0.5% in October 2012), having shown a 0.4 p.p. increase as compared to September 2013. Therefore inflation increased more than 6.3% on a year-over-year basis at the end of the 10-month period. In the first 18 days of November 2013 the consumer price index stood at 0.3%. The Central Bank of Russia is still retaining the target interest rate despite a decline in the economic activity Classification-JEL: P24, E52 Keywords: INFLATION AND MONETARY POLICY Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2013 Issue: 12 Month: December Pages: 8-11 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/246Bozhechkova.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:246