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Russian inflation reached 16.9 % in March
Russian inflation reached 16.9 % in March Russia last month returned to a level of consumer inflation not seen since 2002. Although the 12-month rise in prices soared, monthly inflation started to sl...
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Russian GDP growth slows
Russia Russian GDP growth slows According to preliminary Rosstat estimates, Russian third-quarter GDP rose by 1.8 % y-o-y, down from 2.5 % in the second quarter. Growth appeared to slow on moderatin...
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Changes in area and country structure of Russian goods imports show some stabilisation
Changes in area and country structure of Russian goods imports show some stabilisation Russian customs figures show that the share of imports from EU countries inched down to 38 % in the first half o...
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Robust third-quarter recovery in private consumption last year, Russian fixed investment contracted
Russia Robust third-quarter recovery in private consumption last year, Russian fixed investment contracted Revised figures show that Russian GDP shrank in the third quarter by 3.4 % y-o-y. For ...
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Russian population in decline
Russian population in decline At the end of last year, Russia has 146.2 million people living permanently in the country. Excluding the population living in Crimea, illegally annexed in 2014, Russia’...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024
Latest BOFIT forecast sees further contraction of Russian GDP and imports this year, with slow recovery thereafter
Latest BOFIT forecast sees further contraction of Russian GDP and imports this year, with slow recovery thereafter The Russian economy slowed for the third consecutive year with growth coming nearly...
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Russian GDP contracted by 3 % last year; domestic demand revived in second half
Russia Russian GDP contracted by 3 % last year; domestic demand revived in second half Rosstat released revisions of Russia’s national accounts at the beginning of this month. While its earlier...
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Oil price collapse drives down ruble and Russian stock markets
Russia Oil price collapse drives down ruble and Russian stock markets The slow decline in oil prices seen in the first two months of this year accelerated at the end of last week. On Monday (Mar. 9)...
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Recent restrictions on Russian trade add to challenges facing Ukraine’s new leadership
Russia Recent restrictions on Russian trade add to challenges facing Ukraine’s new leadership The serious issues in Russia-Ukraine relations since the annexation of Crimea have been amplified by the...
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Ruble struggles and Russian share prices slide as US adds sanctions, oil prices fall and emerging markets face problems
Russia Ruble struggles and Russian share prices slide as US adds sanctions, oil prices fall and emerging markets face problems Since the end of July, the Russian ruble has lost about 6 % of its valu...
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Latest BOFIT forecast sees Russian economy contracting by 4 % this year and imports falling by 25 %
Russia Latest BOFIT forecast sees Russian economy contracting by 4 % this year and imports falling by 25 % While Ukraine bears the heaviest humanitarian and economic losses from Russia’s b...
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Number of confirmed covid-19 cases continues to grow; only moderate tightening of restrictions
Russia Number of confirmed covid-19 cases continues to grow; only moderate tightening of restrictions The daily number of new confirmed cases of covid-19 in Russia has exceeded 25,000 for the past t...
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Russian inflation accelerates slightly in January
Russia Russian inflation accelerates slightly in January Consumer price inflation rose 5.0 % y-o-y in January. In particular, higher food prices since last summer appear to driving inflation. R...
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Duma elections produce few surprises
Duma elections produce few surprises Russians went to the polls last Sunday (Sept. 18) to vote for lower-house Duma representatives. As expected, the party of power United Russia dominated, taking 54...
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CBR registers new national credit-rating agency ACRA
CBR registers new national credit-rating agency ACRA Under Russia’s credit-rating companies act of June 2015, all credit-rating agencies giving national ratings must register with the CBR by January...
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Dry summer reduces Russian harvest
Russia Dry summer reduces Russian harvest Data from the beginning of November show Russia’s grain harvest this year was about 15 % smaller than last year. Last year’s harvest, however, was exce...
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CBR’s monetary policy programme for 2019−21 sees good bank liquidity ahead
Russia CBR’s monetary policy programme for 2019−21 sees good bank liquidity ahead The Central Bank of Russia notes that its operative monetary policy goal is to hold interbank money market overnight...
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Uneven growth outlooks for countries in CIS region
Russia Uneven growth outlooks for countries in CIS region Uneven growth outlooks for countries in CIS region The latest IMF forecasts predict GDP growth for nearly all countries in the CIS region t...
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Russian oil fund topped up with last year's oil revenues
Russia Russian oil fund topped up with last year's oil revenues In June, the National Welfare Fund received a 900-billion-ruble boost (14 billion USD) from oil income saved last year, i.e. budge...
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