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: RUSSIA’S BANKING SECTOR IN FEBRUARY 2015 -A THIRD STRAIGHT MONTH OF INSTABILITY Abstract: February 2015 saw almost all of the trends prevailing over the recent months: the retail credit portfolio saw nega- tive growth rates, the quality of the credit portfolio kept deteriorating both in the corporate and retail segments of the credit market, the debt owed to non-residents kept declining, while the banking sector fi nancial performance result was indicative of banks running at a loss. The only reversal in the adverse trends took place in the bank deposit market facing an uptrend for the first time over the past few months. Classification-JEL: E21, E41, E51, E58, G21 Keywords: Banking sector Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2015 Issue: 4 Month: April Pages: 17-20 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/504Khromov.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:504