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Russian central bank confounds forecasts with interest rate cut

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Video. Russian central bank confounds forecasts with interest rate cut

Updated: 24/03/2017 - 13:30 GMT+1

Russian interest rates have fallen to 9.5% on the back of better inflation data.

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