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Russia posts uneven economic performance in September

Russia Russia posts uneven economic performance in September Russia posts uneven economic performance in September On the consumption side, the recovery seemed to strengthen, with retail sales risi...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017

Russia tries to strengthen import substitution policy

Russia Russia tries to strengthen import substitution policy In February, Russia’s ministry of industry and trade released a draft decree which would limit public procurement. The decree would requi...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Russia’s goods trade stays rather flat

Russia Russia’s goods trade stays rather flat . According to Russian customs service, the dollar value of Russian goods imports in the second quarter declined by 3 % y-o-y. The earlier sha...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Russia’s economic growth remained slow

Russia Russia’s economic growth remained slow The preliminary Rosstat figure shows Russian second-quarter GDP growth was 0.9 % y-o-y. When combined with first-quarter GDP growth of 0.5 %, first...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Finnish exports to Russia slackened last year

Russia Finnish exports to Russia slackened last year The trend in Finnish-Russian trade last year reflected Russian foreign trade generally. Due in part to ruble depreciation, Russians cut back on t...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Russia depletes its second oil fund

Russia Russia depletes its second oil fund The remaining assets of the Reserve Fund, about 17 billion dollars (1 trillion rubles) were allocated in December to cover the federal budget shortfall. As...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018

Significant weakening of Russia’s government finances

#russia Significant weakening of Russia’s government finances Budget revenues declined while spending still increased even after a pull-back Russia’s government budget revenues have slipped in recen...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023

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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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018

Finland’s trade with Russia has collapsed

Russia Finland’s trade with Russia has collapsed The value of Finnish goods exports to Russia in September fell by 76 % y-o-y to just 80 million euros. It was the lowest value in exports to Rus...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022

BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2022–2023 / 1

Russia,forecast,Ukraine BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2022–2023 is published Russia’s war on Ukraine is hurting the Russian economy. In light of instability and uncertainty in Russia, increased internat...

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / BOFIT / News / 2022

Bank of Russia cuts key rate again

Russia Bank of Russia cuts key rate again Last Friday (Dec. 13), the Central Bank of Russia board of directors decided to cut the CBR key rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 %. The CBR said th...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Central Bank of Russia lowers key rate

Russia Central Bank of Russia lowers key rate Last Friday (Oct. 25), the Central Bank of Russia lowered its key rate by 50 basis points. The new key rate is 6.5 %. The CBR board noted that 12-m...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Russia brings in a hearty harvest

Russia Russia brings in a hearty harvest Two years ago weather conditions were very good, but last year heat and drought reduced the harvest. This year weather was again rather favourable. Harvests ...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2023-2024 / 1

Russia,forecast BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2023–2024 is published Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the economic sanctions imposed on Russia drove the Russian economy to the verge of crisis...

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / BOFIT / News / 2023

Russia and Belarus discuss deeper economic integration

Russia Russia and Belarus discuss deeper economic integration At the beginning of September, Russian Prime Minister Medvedev and Belarusian Prime Minister Rumas signed an action plan on creating a r...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

BOFIT Forecasts for Russia and China 2019-2021

Russia,China,forecast BOFIT Forecasts for Russia and China 2019–2021 Russia Russia’s high growth last year was spurred by transient factors, and growth is expected to subside to lower levels this ye...

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / BOFIT / News / 2019

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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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017

Employment in Russia has continued to rise

Russia Employment in Russia has continued to rise Rosstat’s second-quarter labour force survey finds that the number of employed persons rose further on-year despite the economic downturn. On the ot...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022

Bank lending growth slows in Russia

Russia Bank lending growth slows in Russia In 2019, banks’ lending to the corporate sector slowed down and the nominal value of the loan stock, calculated in rubles, increased by just 1.2 %. Ab...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020

EU and Russia both extend economic sanctions

EU and Russia both extend economic sanctions ​The EU voted on Monday (June 22) to keep economic sanctions against Russia in place through January 2016. These sanctions were imposed last August and ex...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015