On Friday, the central bank essentially only considered a pause in interest rate changes.

On Friday, the central bank essentially only considered a pause in interest rate changes.

At a meeting on Friday, the Bank of Russia's board discussed substantially only the option of keeping it and essentially only the neutral option of the signal, Russian Federation Central Bank Chairwoman Elvira Neviolina said at a news conference. "As in the September meeting, there were separate opinions on the rate increase, only one option was substantially discussed - maintaining the rate," she said.