On the publication of the liquidity forecast

The Bank of Russia External and Public Relations Department informs, that starting from 4 December, 2012 the Bank of Russia begins to publish weekly forecasts of the factors affecting banking sector liquidity in order to increase its transparency and market participants’ awareness about monetary policy operational procedure.

The forecast will be published each Tuesday together with the announcement of the limit on the Bank of Russia 1 week auction-based liquidity providing (absorbing) operations. The forecast is used to determine the limit on 1 week auctions in line with the methodology “On the estimation of the limits on the Bank of Russia auction-based liquidity providing (absorbing) operations” (available only in Russian).

The forecast will be published in the “Banking sector liquidity indicators” section on the main page of the Bank of Russia official website and the “Banking sector liquidity indicators” subsection of the “Statistics” section.

The reference to the Press Service is mandatory if you intend to use this material.

03.12.2012 00.00.00