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    How the Unshackled Ruble Has Changed Russia's Economy Forever

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    How the Unshackled Ruble Has Changed Russia's Economy Forever Empty How the Unshackled Ruble Has Changed Russia's Economy Forever

    Post by Lobo Tue 10 Nov 2015, 7:21 pm

    How the Unshackled Ruble Has Changed Russia's Economy Forever

    The weaker currency has hit consumers hard but helped oil producers


    Anna Andrianova AndrianovaAnna
    Andre Tartar andretartar
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    November 9, 2015 — 8:00 PM PST

    Today marks the one-year anniversary of the freeing of the ruble for the first time in its post-Soviet history.
    In five charts, we show how the central bank's decision to stop depleting international reserves to prop up the currency has upended every facet of the Russian economy, from decimating wages to enriching oil exporters. 

    1. Runaway Inflation

    The ruble has shed about 30 percent against the U.S. dollar, stoking inflation to a 13-year high that the central bank sought to counter with repeated interest-rate hikes up to 17 percent last December. The Bank of Russia has since unwound much of that emergency rate increase.

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    2. Rising Poverty

    Runaway inflation eroded consumers' purchasing power. The resulting drop in wages and disposable income has been so dramatic as to make more Russians destitute. The World Bank predicts Russia will experience for the first time since the 1998-1999 financial crisis a significant increase in its poverty rate, which had almost halved since 2000 when President Vladimir Putin assumed power and oil prices began to rise.

    How the Unshackled Ruble Has Changed Russia's Economy Forever 488x-1

    3. Salary Cuts

    As it has done so many times in its history, the Russian labor market adapts to hard times by cutting salaries and reducing the number of work hours rather than laying off workers. The unemployment rate, which was at 5.2 percent in November 2014, shrugged off a brief increase and has since returned to 5.2 percent in September.

    How the Unshackled Ruble Has Changed Russia's Economy Forever 488x-1

    4. Goodbye Travel

    With dwindling incomes, consumers have cut back on expensive shopping habits. They travel less abroad and have switched to Russian food brands. A ban on certain imports slapped on top of a weaker ruble means coveted foreign goods are off limits. 

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    5. Oil Exporters

    Russia's key oil producers have benefited from the weakening currency thanks to the tax system and the fact their costs are mainly in rubles and their revenue is in foreign currencies. It's helped counter their losses from the slump in crude. The government is now considering a windfall tax on oil and gas companies for next year, which would limit oil exporters' benefits from the ruble’s devaluation.

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    - With assistance from Dina Khrennikova and Evgenia Pismennaya.


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