According to the economist, such an initiative is unlikely to have a strong impact on the position of the national currency.
“However, such a measure, of course, will attract people in order to increase interest in keeping money in rubles, and not in foreign currency.
That is, the demand for foreign currency will decrease, but it must be said that now it is not very large anyway, ”the specialist explained.
As Belyaev noted, the times when foreign currency was a profitable tool for saving the population's funds have already passed "irrevocably."
“In the proposal of the deputy, one point should be taken into account.
If they are going to double guaranteed payments on savings in banks, they should also pay attention to the state of the fund, which the Deposit Insurance Agency has.
We need to carefully look at the resource base.
Will it allow doubling the payments as these insurance guarantees, ”the expert added.
Earlier, the State Duma proposed to double the sum insured for deposits in rubles.