Retail sales growth slows in China; popularity of online shopping remains strong
Retail sales growth slows in China; popularity of online shopping remains strong The growth in retail sales, a fundament support for economic growth, has slowed this year. Real on-year growth in reta...
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Falling imports kept Russia’s current account in surplus
Falling imports kept Russia’s current account in surplus Preliminary balance-of-payments figures show that Russia’s current account surplus contracted slightly on-year in January-March, but was stil...
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Trump extends time frame for US-China trade negotiations
China Trump extends time frame for US-China trade negotiations The lead negotiators for China and the United States met again last week in Washington, DC, to work on pressing bilateral trade issues....
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Chinese indebtedness relatively higher than in the Euro Area or the United States
China Chinese indebtedness relatively higher than in the Euro Area or the United States New figures released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) show that China’s total debt-to-GDP ratio...
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Despite underdeveloped markets, mainland China shares now included in MSCI indices
China Despite underdeveloped markets, mainland China shares now included in MSCI indices Starting today (June 1), share index producer MSCI includes some 233 A-shares listed on mainland Chinese exch...
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Russia's government budgets started to grow again; government drafted supplementary budget
Russia's government budgets started to grow again; government drafted supplementary budget First-quarter revenues to the consolidated budget (includes federal, regional and municipal budgets, as ...
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CBR lowers key rate; no further interest rate cuts expected this year
CBR lowers key rate; no further interest rate cuts expected this year At its regular meeting on September 16, the Central Bank of Russia executive board dropped the key rate by 0.5 percentage points ...
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Russian goods imports near bottoming out
Russian goods imports near bottoming out The value of goods imports contracted 9 % y-o-y to $84 billion in the first half of this year. The value of imports fell in all major goods categories. The co...
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Russian imports suffer as economy falters
Russian imports suffer as economy falters Preliminary Rosstat figures show the pace of contraction in Russian GDP reached 4.6 % y-o-y in the second quarter of this year. At the same time, the dollar ...
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China’s housing market shows signs of recovery
China’s housing market shows signs of recovery SouFun, a private real-estate information tracking service, reports average apartment prices showed a slight uptick overall in the second quarter. Apar...
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Price regulation disrupts Russian fuel markets
Russia Price regulation disrupts Russian fuel markets While the official policy of the Russian government is to refrain from price-setting, this measure was carried out in the beginning of November ...
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Chinese and Russian presidents extol good economic relations at St. Petersburg economic forum
Russia Chinese and Russian presidents extol good economic relations at St. Petersburg economic forum President Vladimir Putin voiced strong criticism of the latest US trade policy measures against C...
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Russian unemployment falls and wages continue to rise; real incomes contracted in August-September
Russia Russian unemployment falls and wages continue to rise; real incomes contracted in August-September Using the methodology of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Russia’s unemployment ...
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China’s State Council issues contingency guidelines on local government debt problems
China’s State Council issues contingency guidelines on local government debt problems The contingency guidelines require local governments to report risky borrowing, placing them in one of four “debt...
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Chinese firms struggle with late payments and debt
Chinese firms struggle with late payments and debt Bloomberg News reports that Chinese firms are waiting longer for their customers to pay their bills. The median time for getting the money after sal...
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Strong increase in use of industrial robots in China
China Strong increase in use of industrial robots in China The latest figures available from the International Federation of Robotics show that China installed 168,000 new industrial robots in 2020,...
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Sales of consumer goods during China’s Golden Week holiday beat 2019 numbers
China Sales of consumer goods during China’s Golden Week holiday beat 2019 numbers China’s Golden Week autumn holiday (Oct. 1–8) kicked off with National Day on October 1. For two decades now, the f...
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Foreign direct investment inflow to Russia last year was lower than in 2009
Foreign direct investment inflow to Russia last year was lower than in 2009 Inbound foreign direct investment flow to Russia last year fell to $21 billion, down from an average of $55 billion a year...
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Russian president holds annual state-of-the-nation address; government resigns unexpectedly thereafter
Russia Russian president holds annual state-of-the-nation address; government resigns unexpectedly thereafter On Wednesday (Jan. 15), president Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-natio...
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Construction of new Rosatom reactor units in China gets underway
Construction of new Rosatom reactor units in China gets underway China announced in late May that construction work on new reactor units was underway at the Tianwan and Xudapu nuclear power plants. R...
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