The expert spoke about the movement of the ruble exchange rate this week

This week, the consolidation of ruble instruments is expected to continue in the range of 76-81 per dollar, 88.60-93.70 per euro and 10.70-11.40 per yuan. The national currency may be supported by the decision of the monetary authorities to resume gold reserves sales. Spartak Sobolev, head of the Alfa-Forex Investment Strategy Research Department, told Izvestia on January 19.

On January 19, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation set the exchange rate of the American currency at 77.8 rubles, the European currency at 90.5 rubles, and the Chinese currency at 11.1 rubles. At the same time, according to the Moscow Exchange, on January 19, the yuan is also trading at 11.1 rubles.

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"The pressure factor will be expectations of a reduction in the Central Bank's key rate in February, which intensified after the publication of inflation figures for December: annual consumer price growth, according to Rosstat, amounted to 5.6%," Sobolev concluded.

The head of the Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, said on December 19 that mining cryptocurrencies is one of the additional factors contributing to the strengthening of the ruble. She explained that much of this activity remains opaque, making it difficult to accurately assess her contribution.

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