Russia faces increasing challenges in balancing its economic policies
BOFIT Weekly Review,Russia,economy,BOFIT Russia faces increasing challenges in balancing its economic policies The rising costs of the Ukraine war have forced the Russian government to increase spen...
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Putin goes to China; US sanctions affect Chinese and Russian bilateral trade
Putin goes to China; US sanctions affect Chinese and Russian bilateral trade Russian president Vladimir Putin flew to Beijing on Thursday (May 16) to begin a state visit hosted by Chinese president X...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024
Research Fellows
2022-2026 Jan Fidrmuc / Lille Économie Management (L.E.M), Université de Lille Jan Fidrmuc holds the Accueil de talents 2020 chaire d'excellence professorship at Lille Économie Mana...
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Finnish exports to China up in first half
Finnish exports to China up in first half Foreign trade figures from Finnish Customs show that the value of Finnish goods exports to China in January-June was €1.3 billion. Goods exports rose 7 % fro...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Trump-Xi summit in Beijing yields modest results
BOFIT Weekly Review,China Trump-Xi summit in Beijing yields modest results The positive news out of US president Donald Trump's state visit to Beijing this month included commitments from China ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2026
Rapid growth in Finnish-Russian trade
Rapid growth in Finnish-Russian trade In the first quarter of this year, the value of goods exported to Russia increased by nearly 30 % y-o-y. Russia's total goods imports grew at roughly the sam...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russian tourism abroad up in 2017
Russia Russian tourism abroad up in 2017 Tourism rebounded last year in response to the mild economic recovery and ruble appreciation. Russians made 40 million journeys abroad and spent $31 billion ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Finnish goods exports to China rising much faster than exports generally
Finnish goods exports to China rising much faster than exports generally Finnish Customs reports that, while Finnish goods exports overall increased by less than 15 % last year, the value of Finnish ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
United States and China announce limited measures to promote more open markets
United States and China announce limited measures to promote more open markets During president Xi's visit to the US last month, the countries agreed to engage in talks over the next 100 days on ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Chinese tourists help reduce trade imbalance
Chinese tourists help reduce trade imbalance China’s current account surplus in the first half of this year amounted to $99 billion (2 % of GDP). The massive $229 billion surplus in goods trade was ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Increase in outflows of private capital from Russia
Russia Increase in outflows of private capital from Russia Preliminary balance-of-payments figures show that Russia’s net private-sector capital outflow went on in the second quarter. The net outflo...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Ukraine’s economy recovers after hard winter
Ukraine,BOFIT Weekly Review,economy,BOFIT Ukraine’s economy recovers after hard winter Following a rough winter, calculations by Ukraine’s economy and ecology ministry show 12-month economic growth ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2026
Russian stock exchange on the upswing
Russia Russian stock exchange on the upswing In recent weeks, the RTS (Russian Trading System) index, Russia’s core dollar-denominated stock index, has climbed to levels not seen since 2013. The ris...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Digital archives of publication series
Digital archives of publication series All BOFIT publications can be found in digital (PDF) format in the Bank of Finland's institutional repository. The Bank of Finland’s Unit for Eastern Europe...
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Finland-China trade collapsed last year
Finland-China trade collapsed last year Foreign trade figures from Finnish Customs show that the value of Finnish goods exports to China contracted last year by 12 % to 3.557 billion euros. Chin...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024
Strong performance in Finnish goods exports to China in recent months
China Strong performance in Finnish goods exports to China in recent months Finnish Customs reports that the value of Finnish goods exports to China increased in the second quarter by slightly over ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
China's current account surplus dwindling
China's current account surplus dwindling China's first-quarter current account surplus this year amounted to just $19 billion, down from $45 billion in 1Q16. The running four-quarter surplus...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Boom in Chinese foreign travel continues
Boom in Chinese foreign travel continues Chinese foreign travel has soared in recent years. Compared to 2010, the number of trips abroad doubled last year and the amount spent abroad was six times la...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Few surprises emerge from Trump-Xi meetings
China Few surprises emerge from Trump-Xi meetings The first official visit of United States president Donald Trump to China on Wednesday and Thursday (Nov. 8–9) was a part of his 10-day Asia tour. G...
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China-US trade dispute worsens as lists of demands lengthen
China China-US trade dispute worsens as lists of demands lengthen On May 3 and 4, president Trump's trade policy delegation, led by US treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, visited Beijing to assuag...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018