Azerbaijani gov’t thinks Fed will increase interest rate by year-end

  29 September 2016    Read: 964
Azerbaijani gov’t thinks Fed will increase interest rate by year-end
Turbulence and risk aversion inclinations in the world financial markets may cause significant macroeconomic affects. Basing on the expectation of restoration of the economic growth, Azerbaijani government thinks the Federal Reserve System will increase the interest rate by the end of 2016.
According to Ministry of Finance, the interest rates on the sovereign debts of the developing economies may increase: “Taking this into account, preserving financial stability in the developing countries like Azerbaijan is one of the important goals”.

Abovementioned global inclinations make following political challenges actual:

- Gradually reduction of high level of the non-oil deficits in the balance of payment and consolidated budget in the condition of weak economic diversification, low and changeable oil price, and tightening of monetary and fiscal policies for this purpose;

- Acceleration of bank restructuring for restoration of normal and sustainable financial intermediation on the background of existing tension in the financial and currency markets;

- Acceptable limit and effective management of the public debt, strictly limitation of the public debt, excluding borrowing for funding of strategic projects and refunding;

- Analyse of debt portfolio of the large state-owned enterprises which borrowed a loan under state guarantee and determination of financial burden on the government in this regard;

- Acceleration of structural and institutional reforms to diversify economy, increase te non-oil export and fully use the opportunities of import substitution;

- Improvement of social security of the socially-sensitive group of the population in the condition of economic recession.

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