Russian gas giant Gazprom share package to unknown buyer
Russia Russian gas giant Gazprom share package to unknown buyer Gazprom, one of Russia’s largest listed companies, sold 3.6 % of its shares via the Moscow Exchange last week. The offered shares...
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Chinese tourism abroad continues to soar
China Chinese tourism abroad continues to soar According to China’s culture and tourism ministry, Chinese last year made 150 million trips abroad, a 15 % increase from 2017. Balance-of-payments figu...
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Growth in Russian industrial output revived in February
Russia Growth in Russian industrial output revived in February Industrial output growth rose to 2.6 % y-o-y in January-February. The figure moved up towards the growth figure for all of 2018. E...
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Only minor changes in value of China’s currency reserves since 2016
China Only minor changes in value of China’s currency reserves since 2016 At the end of January, the value of the People’s Band of China’s total official foreign reserve assets was 3.186 trillion do...
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Russian economy’s growth rate accelerated in 2018
Russia Russian economy’s growth rate accelerated in 2018 Rosstat’s first GDP growth estimate for all of 2018, released on Monday (Feb. 4), surprised both Russian and foreign analysts. Rosstat estima...
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China establishes six new free-trade zones
China China establishes six new free-trade zones New free-trade zones (FTZs) will be established in the Heilongjiang, Guangxi, Hebei, Jiangsu, Shandong and Yunnan provinces. The new FTZs have variou...
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Rapid growth in Finland-Russia trade
Russia Rapid growth in Finland-Russia trade The value of Finnish goods exports to Russia inthe second quarter rose 13 % y-o-y. Export growth faded in the spring, but picked up steam in May and June....
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Russia releases 2011–13 GDP figures produced with new methodology
Russia Russia releases 2011–13 GDP figures produced with new methodology Russia releases 2011–13 GDP figures produced with new methodology GDP and its components for the years 2011–16 have now all ...
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Russia’s economic growth has continued, though slowing a bit
Russia Russia’s economic growth has continued, though slowing a bit While the on-year September increases in most sectors of the Russian economy were notably high, the economic development ministry ...
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Every fifth international patent application now comes from China
China Every fifth international patent application now comes from China The latest annual report from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) notes that globally 243,500 patent applicati...
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Russia facing harsher economic outlook for the rest of this year
Russia Russia facing harsher economic outlook for the rest of this year The preliminary figures from Rosstat show Russian GDP contracted by 4 % y-o-y in the second quarter. Thanks to strong gro...
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New information on Russian industrial output
New information on Russian industrial output Rosstat has released more data based on new industrial branch classifications and other statistical changes. The new data now reach back to the start of 2...
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New faces on the PBoC's monetary policy committee
China New faces on the PBoC's monetary policy committee In mid-June, central bank governor Yi Gang was named chairman of the 14-member policy panel. He replaces former PBoC governor, Zhou Xiaoch...
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Guo Shuqing to head newly created banking and insurance regulator and serve as PBoC party secretary
China Guo Shuqing to head newly created banking and insurance regulator and serve as PBoC party secretary The People's National Congress just approved merging China's banking and insurance r...
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Sharp drop in births in Russia
Russia Sharp drop in births in Russia Therewere fewer than 1.7 million live births in Russia last year, a drop of 200,000 births from 2016. Last time such a drop in births was seen in early 1990s af...
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Fast growth in household lending in 2017
Russia Fast growth in household lending in 2017 The CBR reports that the bank credit stock rose by 3.5 % when exchange rate shifts are included. The stock of corporate loans was largely unchanged, w...
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Tighter regulation of online news providers in China
Tighter regulation of online news providers in China Newly announced regulations by China's Cyberspace Administration will reinforce the Communist Party's ability to police online news conten...
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China’s leadership omits mention of the numeric GDP growth target
China China’s leadership omits mention of the numeric GDP growth target After a session of the Communist Party of China’s politburo on July 28, the party leadership issued an official statement that...
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Robust 1Q growth in Chinese goods imports
Robust 1Q growth in Chinese goods imports China Customs reports that the dollar-value of goods imports increased by 23 % y-o-y in the first quarter. Similar robust growth figures were last seen in 20...
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Chinese tourists help reduce trade imbalance
Chinese tourists help reduce trade imbalance China’s current account surplus in the first half of this year amounted to $99 billion (2 % of GDP). The massive $229 billion surplus in goods trade was ...
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