Capital outflows from China continued in the third quarter
China Capital outflows from China continued in the third quarter Preliminary balance-of-payments figures show a current account surplus of 59 billion dollars in the July-September period. The 12-mon...
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Wide variations in Russian manufacturing branches last year
Russia Wide variations in Russian manufacturing branches last year Wide variations in Russian manufacturing branches last year Total manufacturing output recovered only slightly last year. After tw...
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Russia introducing new import restrictions on public sector and SOE procurements
Russia introducing new import restrictions on public sector and SOE procurements Russia's import restrictions in recent years have been aimed at supporting domestic producers under an import subs...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Finnish-Russian trade continues to shrink
Finnish-Russian trade continues to shrink The value of Finland’s goods exports to Russia fell 11 % y-o-y in the first half of the year to €1.3 billion. The slide in exports slowed in the spring, but ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
China's NBS updates GDP calculation methods
China's NBS updates GDP calculation methods Under the new method of GDP reckoning, corporate spending on research & development activities is treated as gross fixed capital formation rather t...
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China and Russia see Panama Papers as Western attempt to destabilise their political systems
China and Russia see Panama Papers as Western attempt to destabilise their political systems The unprecedentedly large data leak on offshore companies released last week by the International Consorti...
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Russia’s current account surplus persists, outbound capital flow diminishes
Russia’s current account surplus persists, outbound capital flow diminishes Preliminary balance-of-payments figures show that Russia’s current account surplus amounted to nearly $20 billion in the se...
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China posted strong export performance last year; fossil fuels represent a large share of imports
China,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review China posted strong export performance last year; fossil fuels represent a large share of imports China Customs reports that the dollar value of China’s goods expor...
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Russian central bank continues accommodating monetary policy
Russia Russian central bank continues accommodating monetary policy Russian central bank continues accommodating monetary policy At its regular meeting last week, the Central Bank of Russia's b...
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Despite signs of economic recovery, imbalances in the Russian economy continue to grow
#russia Despite signs of economic recovery, imbalances in the Russian economy continue to grow Ruble depreciation While Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived insurrection had little immediate economic con...
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Russian exports take off with recovery in global demand for raw materials
Russia Russian exports take off with recovery in global demand for raw materials The value of Russian goods exports in the second quarter was up by 64 % y-o-y. Looking beyond the low reference ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Slight downward revisions in forecasts for Russia’s economy in 2020
Russia Slight downward revisions in forecasts for Russia’s economy in 2020 Outlooks for the Russian economy of major international economic and financial organisations have been revised further down...
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China concerned about slowing growth
China China concerned about slowing growth Official figures show China's 12-month GDP growth slowed marginally in the second quarter to 6.7 %. Readings of the two major purchasing manager indice...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
China’s central bank continues monetary easing
China China’s central bank continues monetary easing The People’s Bank of China has decided to lower the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by one percentage point, effective October 15. The reserve re...
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IMF expects only modest Russian growth in coming years; decelerating growth in China
Russia,China IMF expects only modest Russian growth in coming years; decelerating growth in China The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook sees the global economy growing by 3.7 % this year and ...
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Assessing true condition of China's public sector finances remains challenging
China Assessing true condition of China's public sector finances remains challenging Assessing true condition of China's public sector finances remains challenging Under the draft proposal ...
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Russian defence industry continued to show fast growth last year
Russian defence industry continued to show fast growth last year Preliminary figures show that production of military and civilian products by Russia's defence-industrial complex (OPK) increased ...
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Russia wants to spur e-commerce
Russia Russia wants to spur e-commerce Russia wants to spur e-commerce The Russian administration has recently been enthused over digital economy and compiled related development programmes, most r...
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China’s top central banker lays out risks to the economy
China’s top central banker lays out risks to the economy At the press conference arranged during the party congress, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan fielded questions from the media on the condi...
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Russia's special supplement to defence spending also affects next year
Russia's special supplement to defence spending also affects next year In the budget policy framework for 2017‒2019, the finance ministry foresees that defence spending will decrease sharply afte...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016