according to the head of the monetary policy department, kirill trimasov, the annual rate of price growth approached... percent, this is the maximum after which a reversal will begin. back in the fall, one could talk about double-digit inflation, but the increase in the key rate had a positive, albeit delayed, effect. the central bank noted that a rate cut is possible in the second half of the year. in russia, the demand for land plots for housing construction is growing. at the beginning of the year, the volume of transactions jumped 2.5 times to 92 billion rubles. by the end of the year, investments could reach 185 billion, analysts believe. as the businessman writes, developers are investing the funds generated by record apartment sales in past years. market participants did not expect such activity and now fear that it may suddenly give way to calm. the main risk factor is changes in preferential mortgage programs. the assets of the makfa holding became the property of the state. we are talking about the management company agromacfa, the mishkinsky bakery plant, the companies novaya p