Growth in Indian imports from Russia begins to plateau
Russia Growth in Indian imports from Russia begins to plateau Indian goods imports from Russia have skyrocketed this year. The value of imports in September was nearly five times higher than in Sept...
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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
First-half trends in Finnish-Chinese trade slightly more upbeat than Finnish foreign trade overall
First-half trends in Finnish-Chinese trade slightly more upbeat than Finnish foreign trade overall Finnish Customs figures put the value of goods exports to China in the first six months of the year ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Finnish goods exports to China surpass 2019 levels; services exports slower to recover
China Finnish goods exports to China surpass 2019 levels; services exports slower to recover Statistics Finland reports that Finnish goods exports to China were valued at 1.66 billion euros and serv...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
China and the EU agree on tighter economic cooperation
China and the EU agree on tighter economic cooperation While deeper economic ties were the theme of premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Brussels last week for the annual EU-China summit, talks were also l...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
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
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
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
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 first quarter economic figures show V-shape part of recovery has passed
China China’s first quarter economic figures show V-shape part of recovery has passed The figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics last week show that GDP in the first quarter of 2021 r...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
More Chinese working in service jobs
More Chinese working in service jobs While official figures show that the structure of Chinese GDP has hardly budged in recent years towards a more consumption-driven economy (BOFIT Weekly 23/2019), ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
FDI inflows to Russia remain at low levels
Russia FDI inflows to Russia remain at low levels The net flow of inward foreign direct investment to Russia contracted slightly last year to $28 billion. In 2016, FDI numbers were boosted by the sa...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
No big changes in China’s fiscal policy in 2016
No big changes in China’s fiscal policy in 2016 Growth in government spending overall (central and local level) should nearly match GDP growth this year and reach 18 trillion yuan. Growth in governme...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
China’s direct investments in Europe rose significantly last year
BOFIT Weekly Review,China China’s direct investments in Europe rose significantly last year At the end of May, Rhodium Group and the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) jointly published t...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2026
China posts fairly stable growth numbers in May
China posts fairly stable growth numbers in May China posts fairly stable growth numbers in May NBS monthly figures show that industrial output continued to grow at over 6 % y-o-y in May. However, t...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russia’s federal budget revenues down in August
Russia Russia’s federal budget revenues down in August Nominal federal budget revenues were down by about 10 % y-o-y in August. Part of the revenue drop was cushioned from the July fall by a re...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
IMF sees complexity and opacity of China's financial system as threats to financial stability
China IMF sees complexity and opacity of China's financial system as threats to financial stability The IMF this month released its comprehensive Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) for...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Publications
Research papers are published in our BOFIT Discussion Papers series, while topics of current interest are addressed in the BOFIT Policy Brief series. BOFIT blog entries in Finnish or English are poste...
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China's current account surplus fell to 1.4 % of GDP last year
China China's current account surplus fell to 1.4 % of GDP last year China's current account surplus fell to 1.4 % of GDP last year Preliminary balance-of-payments figures from the People&#...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018