Siluanov assessed the possibility of reducing the Central Bank rate "a big step"

It is reported by TASS.

“We will be most welcome. Why? Because it will give an additional opportunity for borrowing, cheap money, ”he said.

According to him, for such a decision, the Central Bank already has all the necessary conditions, in particular, low inflation rates.

“Our inflation will be lower this year than we planned. We say that it will be 3.5-3.6%. Next year, in general, we have 3% in the basic forecast, and under 4% in the target forecast, ”the minister said.

Earlier, the head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, said that the Central Bank prefers to regulate the key rate at a moderate pace, but in the current situation with inflation below target levels, it allows a more drastic decrease.

Sergey Khestanov, an assistant professor at the stock markets department of the faculty of finance and banking at the RANEPA, commented on the policy of the Bank of Russia to reduce the key rate in an interview with URA.RU.