CBR's chief S. Ignatiev expects rate cuts on June meeting

RUSSIA ENERGY / FINANCE - In Brief 06 Jun 2013 by Marcel Salikhov

Head of CBR Sergei Ignatiev in recent days made several statements priorto a next meeting of the Board of Directors that is scheduled for June 10. "I will express cautious assumption that thechoice of raisinginterest rates is unlikely to be considered at all. I do not exclude that some of the interest rates will be reduced,while others remain unchanged," - he said yesterday.On theback of larger than expected May CPI results (+7.4% y-o-y) we do not expectthat CBR will lower main repo or refi rate but actions on longer-termrefinancing operations are likely.

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