降息50个基点！这一央行，宣布→

Group 1 - The Central Bank of Russia announced a reduction of the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 16%, marking the fifth consecutive rate cut [1][3] - The bank aims to maintain a necessary tight monetary policy to restore the inflation rate to its target level, with current inflation at 6.6% as of November [3][5] - The government expects inflation to decrease to between 5.7% and 5.8% by the end of the year, still above the 4% target [3][5] Group 2 - The Central Bank initiated its first rate cut in nearly three years in June, lowering the rate from a historical high of 21% to 20% [5] - Subsequent rate cuts have continued, with the most recent adjustment in October bringing the rate down to 16.5% [5] - The next board meeting to review further adjustments to the benchmark rate is scheduled for February 13 of the following year [5]