“Our team now predicts oil prices at $ 30 per barrel over the next six months, and then a gradual increase to $ 60 per barrel over two years. We believe that in this scenario, the ruble will initially depreciate to 75 rubles per dollar, and then begin to grow to 61 rubles, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
On March 9, the main US stock indices opened with a 7% drop, while oil prices fell 30% amid the collapse of the OPEC + deal.
The American leader Donald Trump called the cause of the fall in markets a “dispute” between Saudi Arabia and Russia about the price and level of oil production, as well as “false media”.
As Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov later noted, there are currently no signs of a second wave of decline in the markets.
The head of the Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin assessed the growth prospects of the Russian economy at current oil prices.