The Draft Guidelines for the Development of the Russian Financial Market in 2019–2021 prepared by the Bank of Russia: Expert Opinion of Financial University

Abstract

The relevance of the analysis of the draft guidelines for the development of the Russian financial market in 2019–2021 set forth in the draft program document issued by the Bank of Russia comes from the fact that in the current situation of the macroeconomic and financial instability Russia’s entry into the top five leading world economies is impossible unless business entities have access to internal sources of financing, primarily to debt and equity financing instruments, as well as to risk insurance tools.The subject of the research is the plans of the Bank of Russia for the development of the Russian financial market in 2019–2021 set out in the draft program document of the Bank of Russia to be approved in the summer of 2019. The purpose of the paper was to assess the above guidelines in terms of whether they can achieve the goal of boosting the growth and efficiency of the economy. Proposals are made to harmonize issues related to the development of the financial market with monetary and fiscal policy issues.The paper concludes that it is necessary to seek a balance between financial stability and stimulation of business activities of banks in the cooperation between the Bank of Russia and business corporations. It is noted that the program of the financial market development does not include issues related to the development of certain segments of the financial market (foreign exchange and precious metals markets).