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The Bank of Russia regularly sets official exchange rates based on trading on the domestic foreign exchange market. A decline in the exchange rate of the dollar and euro indicates a strengthening of the national currency.
The Bank of Russia lowered exchange rates on Thursday, October 1. This was reported by the regulator's press service.
The official dollar exchange rate dropped below 84 rubles. The Central Bank reduced it from 84.42 to 83.55 rubles.
The euro also fell in price by more than a ruble. The currency dropped from 96.06 to 94.88 rubles.
Over the past 24 hours, the Chinese yuan has become cheaper by 10 kopecks. The official exchange rate on Thursday was lowered from 12.57 to 12.47 rubles.
Mikhail Khachaturyan, Associate Professor of the Department of Strategic and Innovative Development at the Financial University, believes that taking into account the expected decrease in the volume of currency purchases by the Ministry of Finance, quotes for the American currency in October-December will most likely be in the range of 80-85 rubles.
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The dollar exchange rate in October-December will be in the range of 80-85 rubles
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