MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian companies surveyed by the central bank expect inflation in 2025 of 10.7%, more than double the official forecast, and named labour shortages as one of the main factors stopping them expanding production, the central bank said on Friday.

The US Federal Reserve is expected to announce a pause in rate cuts on Wednesday, as policymakers look to continue tackling inflation under close and

The central bank reduced its one-week repo rate to 45% from 47.5% as a cycle of higher borrowing costs bears fruit in cooler price rises.

Turkey’s central bank has lowered its key interest rate by 2.5 percentage points to 45%. The decision on Thursday marked the second rate cut in a row and came as inflation slowed.

The Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee is expected to announce another repo rate cut of 25 basis points on Thursday despite a slight uptick in inflation in December, economists say.

Turkey's central bank cut its key interest rate by 250 basis points to 45% as expected on Thursday, carrying on an easing cycle it launched last month alongside a decline in annual inflation that is seen continuing through the year end.