The CBR decided on another reduction of the key rate, according to the report of the regulator. It will decrease to 0, 25 percentage points and will reach 7% per annum, specified in the release. the vast majority polled Last news analysts had expected this step. They explained, because It fits into a policy of systematically easing, but added that then the Central Bank will " take a pause ". The previous reduction was in June - also at 0, 25 points. In July, the CBR announced the possibility of further decline, and a shift to a neutral monetary policy until mid-2020. The key rate is the minimum interest rate at which the Central Bank provides loans to commercial banks for a week and which is ready to accept deposits. Its size affects the rate of inflation. She was introduced on 13 September 2013 as a tool of monetary policy. It happened in the framework of transition to inflation targeting regime to increase transparency. <span style="color:darkgray