YEREVAN, December 14. /ARKA/. “Armenia's monetary policy has rightly been accommodative, supporting the economy and keeping the banking sector liquid. Inflation remains low, with the exchange rate relatively stable over much of this year,' Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair, said after the IMF Executive Board completed the third review of  Armenia’s performance under the program supported by the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA).

According to him, nevertheless, the Central Bank of Armenia should carefully monitor market developments and stand ready to adjust its monetary policy stance, as necessary, to preserve macroeconomic stability, while maintaining exchange rate flexibility to absorb shocks under its inflation targeting framework.

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Martin Galstyan, a member of Armenia’s Central Bank Board, nominated by the ruling My Step parliamentary faction as a candidate to replace Artur Javadyan as chairman of the regulator, emphasized the importance of public trust, financial literacy and the use of the latest technologies, when speaking at the parliament today

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Monetary policies of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan will be more effective if they will partially be oriented to the exchange rate of the Russian ruble

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The Central Bank of Armenia has no intention to continue easing its monetary policy for speeding up inflation – it says too low interest rates can create potential economic and financial risks

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Armenia’s Central Bank said it will continue the easing monetary policy in the first quarter of 2017. The decision is prompted by the restrained fiscal policy of the government in 2017 as compared to the previous year, the regulator said in a report on inflation in the 4th quarter of 2016

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Central Bank of Armenia intends to pursue neutral monetary policy.

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