Electronic scoreboard with dollar signMOSCOW, 18 Jan. The beginning of the year turned out to be difficult for the Russian currency — it tested the mark of 77 rubles per dollar, and analysts started talking about approaching more significant psychological marks. However, the situation will change, and by the end of the year the dollar will cost less than 70 rubles, Alexei Mikheev, an investment strategist at VTB My Investments, told the Prime agency. #34;, — Mikheev noted.
In the world currency market, the dollar has already begun to decline against the major currencies, in peak of one and a half year highs, which should support the ruble, the investment strategist believes. According to him, the growth in commodity prices forms a significant influx foreign exchange earnings, and thanks to the increase in the rate of the Bank of Russia, the real interest rate in our country is one of the highest in the world. This gives grounds to expect an influx of capital from non-residents into OFZs, if geopolitics does not interfere.