WHAT’S WRONG WITH RUSSIAN IFLATION? A. Illarionov, CATO Institute, Washington, USA Institute of Economic Analysis, Moscow, Russia American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, December 18, 2007 © CATO Institute, Institute of Economic Analysis
© ИЭА 2 Inflation forecasted and actual: Authors/Years Ministry of Economy7,0-8,0 6-7 Central Bank6,5-8,0 6-7 Actual in November ,6 ?
© ИЭА 3 Annual CPI and other inflation indices, %
© ИЭА 4 Annual CPI and its components, %
© ИЭА 5 Food or budget? Structural or macroeconomic?
© ИЭА 6 Price of food so far did not deviate significantly from the price trends of other commodities.
© ИЭА 7 Annual indices of M2 and Inflation with lags from 18 to 25 months.
© ИЭА 8 Russia is at 21 st place among 180 countries by annual CPI index in
© ИЭА 9 Russia is at 2 nd place among 180 countries by increase in US dollar prices in
© ИЭА 10 Russia is at 3 rd place among 180 countries by increase in real effective exchange rate (comparative prices) in
© ИЭА 11 Russia is at 9 th place among 165 countries by annual broad money supply growth rate in
© ИЭА 12 Russia is at 13 th place among 161 countries by budget balance as % of GDP in
© ИЭА 13 But it is only at 133 rd place among 146 countries by non-oil & non-gas budget balance as % of GDP in 2006.
© ИЭА 14 Federal government non-interest expenditures as % of GDP has almost doubled from 2000 to 2007.