Monetary policy easing continues in Russia
Russia Monetary policy easing continues in Russia At its February meeting, the board of the Central Bank of Russia decided to reduce the key rate by another 25 basis points to 6 % p.a. Consumer...
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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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Venezuela causes headaches for China and Russia
China,Russia Venezuela causes headaches for China and Russia Amidst Venezuela’s catastrophic economic crisis and political impasse, opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself interim presid...
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Retirement age hike approved in Russia
Russia Retirement age hike approved in Russia On September 27, the Duma, the lower house of the parliament, approved the third reading of a bill to raise the general retirement age by five year...
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Russia's public finances in overall balance
Russia Russia's public finances in overall balance Revenues to the consolidated budget (federal, regional and local budgets plus state social fund budgets) increased by over 15 % y‑o‑y in the fi...
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Russia approves laws establishing domestic tax havens
Russia Russia approves laws establishing domestic tax havens Under a package of new laws, Russia will establish special administrative zones on Russky Island next to Vladivostok and on Oktyabrsky Is...
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Changes is Russia's currency reserve composition
Russia Changes is Russia's currency reserve composition Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves have grown notably since early 2017. They stood at nearly $460 billion at the end of May. ...
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Russia's economic recovery stumbles again
Russia Russia's economic recovery stumbles again The Russian economy performed at least slightly better in the first quarter ofthis year overall compared to the halt of growth in the second half...
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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 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...
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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...
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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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US imposes new sanctions on Russia
Russia US imposes new sanctions on Russia At the beginning of August, president Donald Trump signed an executive order preventing United States financial institutions from participating in new issue...
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Russia continues to accumulate foreign currency reserves
Russia Russia continues to accumulate foreign currency reserves The CBR’s foreign currency and gold reserves have grown quickly this year. As of August 1, the reserves stood at about 520 billio...
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Russia posts tepid first-half growth
Russia Russia posts tepid first-half growth Although Russian GDP grew by over 2 % last year, the pace of growth slowed to just 0.5 % in the first quarter of this year (BOFIT Weekly 21/2019). Ne...
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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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Central Bank of Russia lowers key rate
Russia Central Bank of Russia lowers key rate On June 14, the Central Bank of Russia, as markets anticipated, lowered the key rate by 25 basis points. The key rate is now 7.5 %. The CBR said their d...
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Consumer price inflation accelerated in Russia
Russia Consumer price inflation accelerated in Russia The year-on-year change in consumer prices picked up in December to 4.3 %. In early autumn, consumer price inflation was running at 3.5...
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Concerns over Russia's regional budget deficits
Russia Concerns over Russia's regional budget deficits Regional budgets (consolidated budgets of the regional and local levels) represent slightly over a third of Russia's government-sector ...
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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...
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