Russia's central bank pushed up its key interest rate at an emergency meeting to stem a sharp selloff in the ruble and resurgent inflation, a response to the mounting financial costs of Moscow's war in Ukraine.

16/08/2023 00:01 Wall Street Journal

Russia’s central bank pushed up its key interest rate at an emergency meeting to stem a sharp selloff in the ruble and resurgent inflation, a response to the mounting financial costs of Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

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