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Interest Rate Channel of Monetary Policy Transmission: the Case of Russia
In this study we investigate two stages of the interest rate channel of monetary policy transmission in Russia. Firstly, we assess the ability of the Central Bank to systematically influence its operational interest rate. Further, we examine the effect of the operational rate on real variables, specifically output and inflation. We found that the operational rate increases have a negative impact on output growth rate with the lag of three quarters. Apart from this, we did not detect any significant effect of the operational rate on inflation. Our results provide evidence of the functional interest rate channel existence in the Russian economy. However, with the use of current operational interest rate it is not as effective as supposed to be. монетарная политика, монетарная трансмиссия, процентный канал, структурный VAR Monetary policy, Monetary transmission, Interest rate channel, Structural VAR