In January 2025, Russians took out fewer loans to purchase goods directly in stores. 222,000 such loans were issued in the amount of 13.8 billion rubles.
On February 20, 2025, the exchange rate of the US currency on the interbank market fell below 88 rubles, this happened for the first time since September 5 last year.
Apple has unveiled the iPhone 16e, which has become the new name for the budget iPhone SE, which has not been updated since 2022. Pre-orders for the smartphone were announced starting on February 21 on the company's official website at a price starting from $ 599 (approximately 53 thousand rubles) for a model with 128 GB of memory.