Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Zubov Sergey Author-Workplace-Name: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Title: Financial Performance of the Banking Sector for the Three Quarters of 2021 Title: Финансовые результаты банковского сектора за первые три квартала 2021 г. Abstract: The profit of the banking sector for the three quarters of 2021 hit a record Rb 1.87 trillion. The rapid growth of lending to the population, reduction in the cost of reserve creation due to the low share of outstanding loans, the stock market growth and the development of intermediary operations that bring fee-based income have affected the high profit indicator. Keywords: Russian banking sector, banks’ financial results, banks’ profit, banks’ profitability Classification-JEL: D81, E58, G21 Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2021 Issue: 12 Month: December Pages: 50-53 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/r21133.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:r21133