THE TRANSITIONAL STATE OF THE WORLD MONETARY AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM: OPPORTUNITIES FOR RUSSIA

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of approaches to the assessment of the state of the world monetary and financial system by leading international financial organizations. The positions of the International Monetary Fund, the Bank for International Settlements and the World Economic Forum are presented, the program documents of these key participants of the world monetary and financial system are analyzed in detail and contradictions in the proposed solutions to overcome the crisis are identified. The authors note that in the current situation, when the key participants of the global monetary and financial system do not offer a single consolidated solution, Russia has an opportunity to strengthen its position on ensuring financial and economic security. To do this, it is proposed to create an investment reserve circuit based on commodity and currency reserves formed according to the author’s algorithm. The existing issue circuit, which operates according to the rules and norms of the world monetary and financial system, and the created investment circuit will form a national two-circuit monetary and financial system, interaction in which will be carried out with the help of the new financial instrument «calculated gold» proposed by the authors.