The share of foreign currency deposits of the Russian citizens will be reduced in the near future

Share of foreign currency deposits in total deposits of the Russian citizens will soon begin to decline from the current one-third, predicts the head of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), Alexander Turbanov. "I think that if continued stability (exchange rate) and the Central Bank's policy is to instill public confidence, the share of foreign currency deposits will fall in the near future" - said AleksandrTurbanov, head of the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), on Tuesday at the Award Ceremony Financial Olympus "in the Federation Council. In 2008, the first time in several years there has been increasing the share of foreign currency deposits in total savings of citizens organized by the Russian Federation - from 12,9% to 26,7% on January 1, 2009. This change was due to increasing the attractiveness of savings in euros and dollars as a result of the weakening of the ruble to a basket of currencies in the fourth quarter of 2008. The last reporting date - April 1 - the share of foreign currency deposits amounted to preliminary Central Bank data, 32% (2.007 trillion rubles from 6.245 trillion rubles in total deposits in banks of Russia) to 34% on March 1. The beginning of the return of the population to ruble savings already stated by representatives of several banks. In particular, the head of Sberbank German Gref said on April 21 about sustainable trend influx of ruble deposits in this largest Russian bank and a decrease in the share of deposits in dollars. Prior to that, representatives of the Savings Bank reported that the population and buying foreign currency in the Savings Bank during the first quarter decreased by half every month, while in February and March the population is already actively selling dollars and euros. Experts and bankers attribute this to the completion of the Central Bank held the devaluation of the ruble, and some strengthening of the national currency. Portal Bank.ru Materials Rihanna.