the people of Russia have stocked up cash to 362 billion rubles since the beginning of this year. Most of them were shelved in March prior to the introduction of restrictive measures to combat the spread of coronavirus. About this newspaper “Izvestia”.
Experts believe that the reason for the record stocks was the desire of citizens to have cash because of possible difficulties with their removal in the period of self-isolation. Also significantly increased the demand for various consumer goods due to the spread of coronavirus.
The high demand for everyday goods was recorded in mid-April, when it exceeded even the pre-new year indicators. One of the most popular products were buckwheat, rice and sugar. Actively buy also become antiseptics, cleaning products and toilet paper.
in Addition, the reasons for the growth of the volume of cash in the hands of people called the closure of foreign currency deposits and the introduction of a tax on deposits.
Earlier, the National Bureau of credit histories announced that in April the Russians took an average of 47.4 percent of the available limit on credit cards. This was the lowest figure for five years.
