The cycle of webinars on the monetary policy of the Bank of Russia for students of the Accounting and Finance Faculty has ended.

In the face of the threat of the spread of coronavirus infection, most educational institutions have switched to distance learning, and conducting classes in a distance format has already become the norm for students. Back in February 2020, representatives of the Stavropol Territory Branch of the Southern Main Directorate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation held face-to-face meetings with students of the Accounting and Finance Faculty, and in April 2020 they switched to distance learning.

The meetings were held in the form of webinars, which informed the student audience about the problems of the formation and implementation of the monetary policy of the Russian Federation.

The webinars were held by representatives of the Stavropol Territory Branch of the Southern Main Directorate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation: Chief Economist of the Economic Department Alexander Alexandrovich Gladilin, Head of the Regional Analysis of the Economic Department Tatyana Vladimirovna Shvidko and Leading Economist of the Economic Department Smagin Alexander Alekseevich. The coordinators of these events were the teachers of the department "Finance, credit and insurance"

During the meetings, it was noted that the Bank of Russia adheres to the inflation targeting regime, and achieves its goal of ensuring price stability, that is, annual inflation near 4% constantly. The advantages and disadvantages of inflation targeting were highlighted, the analysis of foreign experience in achieving inflation targets and the indicator of Russian inflation based on the consumer price index was carried out. Special attention was paid to the transmission mechanism of the DCT, the discussion of which aroused the interest of most students.

Discussions about the rapid spread of coronavirus infection around the world and the concomitant introduction of restrictive measures, which had a very significant impact on the economies of most countries, did not stand aside, and the easing of monetary policy and measures for budgetary support of enterprises and the population in many countries contributed to the recovery of financial markets after a significant drop.

The webinars were attended by students of the Economics direction, profiles "Finance and Credit", "Accounting, Analysis and Audit", specialties Economic security, specializations "Financial accounting and control in law enforcement agencies", "Economic and legal support of economic security." 

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