Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Deryugin Alexander Author-Name-First: Alexander Author-Name-Last:Deryugin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: REGIONAL BUDGETS: DEBT REDUCTIONS AMID AUSTERITY Abstract: In May–June 2016, there was an insignificant growth of regional revenues together with restraint of spending growth, which resulted in contraction of regions’ public debt. Moreover, tight commercial loans were partially replaced by the budget loans. In the meantime, overall low income growth rates commenced since the turn of the year and restrictions on borrowings will not allow regions to achieve positive growth rates of budget spending in real terms and, thus, depart from the austerity policy. Classification-JEL: I31 Keywords: INFLATION AND MONETARY POLICY, Russian Economy Year: 2016 Issue:8 Month: August Pages: 6-9 File-URL: https://iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/recdev-2016-8-707.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2016 Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:recdev-2016-8-707