The Bank of Russia: the decline forecast by rating the United States will not affect the ruble

Decision of the international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S & P) lowered the forecast of rated U.S. from "stable" to "negative" will not influence the course of the Russian currency, told the deputy chairman of the Central Bank Sergey Shvetsov. On it informs RIA Novosti news agency on Tuesday, April 19. "I believe that the exchange rate will remain unchanged," - said Shvetsov. Recall that in Monday, April 18, the agency S & P downgraded the forecast, but the U.S. rating was maintained at a trusted mark of "AAA", but it can be reviewed in two years. According to the newspaper Kommersant », S & P is concerned about the lack of U.S. government plan solutions to budgetary problems. The action of S & P investors reacted instantly - they have been buying U.S. debt and dollars, and sell - bonds of concern and developing countries. That is: the negative rating outlook of the world's largest economy has increased its value. As a result of yesterday's trading European indexes fell by 2,1-2,4%, moreover, that U.S. lost 21.00 to 1,5-1,8%. Outsiders in yesterday's auction were Russian stock indexes have lost a day 3,75-3,95% (against a background of declining oil prices on 1,7-1,8%). In this case, market participants believe that the decline in the forecast downgrade is not followed. "The world economy there are some things that do not require evidence: the fact that the U.S. rating should be at the level of AAA, and most reliable currency is the dollar", - said in an interview with Kommersant Head of macroeconomic analysis, "VTB Capital's Alexei Moiseev . Note that the weighted average dollar exchange rate in the morning on April 19 MICEX rose by 26 kopecks to 28.47 rubles.