BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2024-2026 / 2
<p>The latest forecast from BOFIT, the Bank of Finland’s Institute for Emerging Economies, sees Russian economic growth this year exceeding its previous estimate made last April. The higher 2024...
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Sanctions on Russia further tightened in June
Russia Sanctions on Russia further tightened in June The European Union, United States and United Kingdom expanded their economic sanctions on Russia in June. The new round of sanctions are intended...
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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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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...
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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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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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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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Russia sanctions affecting China as well
China,Russia Russia sanctions affecting China as well In the first two weeks after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, China sought to strike a balance with both sides in its political statemen...
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Western countries impose more sanctions on Russia
Russia Western countries impose more sanctions on Russia Over the past two weeks, the US, EU and UK have expanded their sanctions regime against Russia (for earlier sanctions, see BOFIT Weekly 9/202...
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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...
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...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
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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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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Russia prepares to raise public sector wages
Russia prepares to raise public sector wages Russia prepares to raise public sector wages President Vladimir Putin recently proposed that wages funded out of public sector budgets should be raised a...
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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...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / BOFIT / News / 2023
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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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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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...
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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...
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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....
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017