在俄罗斯卢布对美元汇率15日暴跌13%后,俄罗斯央行16日凌晨紧急宣布,将基准利率由10.5%直接提升至17%,以期遏制卢布暴跌之势。16日早盘卢布一度止住跌势,反弹大约5%,不过随后再次下跌20%,一度创下1美元兑80卢布的历史新低。截至莫斯科时间17日下午,卢布对美元官方汇率在63-66之间浮动。国际油价大跌、卢布 After the Russian ruble plummeted 13% against the U.S. dollar on the 15th, the Bank of Russia immediately announced in the early hours of the 16th that the benchmark interest rate would be raised directly from 10.5% to 17% in order to curb the slump in the ruble. On the morning of the 16th, the ruble once stopped its downtrend and rebounded by about 5%, but then fell another 20% again, setting a record low of 1 dollar against 80 rubles. As of the Moscow time on the 17th afternoon, the official exchange rate of the ruble against the dollar fluctuated between 63-66. International oil prices plunged, ruble