Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Sergey Drobyshevsky Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Drobyshevsky Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name: Pavel Trunin Author-Name-First: Pavel Author-Name-Last: Trunin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Prospects for a Transition Towards Inflation Targeting in Russia Abstract:In Russia, the pre-conditions for a successful transition to inflation targeting are beginning to emerge. The economy remains highly dependent upon the external economic conjuncture, but the financial crisis made for a steep increase in the demand of commercial banks for refinancing by the CBR. This has given the Bank of Russia the power to exercise real influence in the monetary sphere by the management of its interest rate Length: 4717 words Creation-Date: 2009 Revision-Date: 2012 File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/wpaper/0019Drobyshevsky-Trunin.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2012 Keywords: Inflation targeting, institutional environment, developing countries, transition economies, exchange rate Handle: RePEc:gai:wpaper:0019