Open AccessCONTRADICTIONS, PROBLEMS AND SPECIAL ASPECTS OF INVESTMENT ACTIVITY OF THE BANK OF RUSSIA
Author(s) -
Александр Матросов,
Alexander Matrosov
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
vestnik kemerovskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. seriâ: političeskie, sociologičeskie i èkonomičeskie nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2542-1190
pISSN - 2500-3372
DOI - 10.21603/2500-3372-2017-3-55-62
Subject(s) - investment (military) , issuer , contradiction , market liquidity , national bank , economics , rationalization (economics) , foreign direct investment , investment banking , financial system , russian federation , economy , business , economic policy , finance , political science , macroeconomics , management , philosophy , epistemology , politics , law
Subject. The paper is devoted to the features of investment activities of the Bank of Russia. Purpose and tasks. The research features the content and the investment activity analysis of the Bank of Russia. Methodology. The methodological basis of the research is made by general scientic method and comparative analysis. Results. The carried-out comparative analysis has allowed the author to reveal contradictions and features of investment activities of the Bank of Russia as well as to designate its problems. The author has analyzed the structure of investments of the Bank of Russia and the central foreign banks, the dynamics of investments of the Bank of Russia in securities of foreign issuers and means of the Government of the Russian Federation and specic weight of assets of the central bank in the national banking system. Conclusions and Signicance. The research conducted in this article allows one to claim that the Bank of Russia, as a subject of investment activities, displays a number of general and specic contradictions. The fundamental contradiction of investment activities proves to be that between protability, liquidity and risk. The paper offers some approaches to rationalization of investment activities of the Bank of Russia and increase in its efciency within preservation of a priority of the regulating functions over obtaining positive economic effect.