During the event, there was a discussion of monetary policy issues and its impact on inflation, prices, people's lives and the work of companies in Moscow and the Moscow Region.

The Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Alexey Zabotkin indicated In his speeches,  that the goal of maintaining inflation in the region of 4% is a priority. At the same time, he explained that when choosing the course of regulation of the monetary policy, the Bank of Russia takes into account the indicators of inflationary expectations of entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens.

Rustem Mardanov, the Head of the Central Federal District of the Bank of Russia, drew the attention of the participants of the consultations to the real indicators of inflation in the Moscow Region, noting that in some periods it was higher than the all-Russian one. This is due to higher consumer activity in Moscow and the Moscow Region compared to other regions of Russia.

During the hearings, representatives of business, business associations and the scientific community stated the priority of predictability of inflation targets.

Entrepreneurs from the Moscow Region also took part in the discussion remotely.

"Confidence in the ruble as a means of saving is growing. Entrepreneurship is adapting to life in a floating exchange rate. Today, business needs stability and low volatility. And even fluctuations must be predictable in order to be able to invest. The discussion showed that the key rate is even more important to business than the inflation rate, which is calculated on the basis of the consumer price index," commented the Moscow Business Ombudsman Vladimir Golovnev.