| 41. | The ruble was also down slightly . ( RUSSIA-ECONOMY)
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| 42. | He insisted that the government is not considering devaluating the ruble.
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| 43. | The ruble fell slightly against the U . S . dollar.
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| 44. | The ruble was sharply lower at currency exchange offices in Moscow.
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| 45. | A devaluation would certainly hurt anyone holding ruble-denominated assets.
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| 46. | Demand was low as people waited for the ruble to stabilize.
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| 47. | But the ruble's collapse leaves that strategy in jeopardy.
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| 48. | Many Russians have both ruble and dollar accounts in commercial banks.
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| 49. | Fighting inflation and making the ruble convertible just made things worse.
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| 50. | The official rate was 15.77 rubles to the dollar.
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