BOFIT Forecast for China 2023-2025 / 1
#China #forecast BOFIT Forecast for China 2023–2025 is published The Chinese government made a surprising reversal of its zero-covid policies late last year and ended the long-lasting downturn of th...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / BOFIT / News / 2023
Russia records huge mortality increase in 2020
Russia Russia records huge mortality increase in 2020 At the end of 2020, the Russian population was about 143.8 million people (does not include the population of the illegally annexed Crimean peni...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Costs to firms from regulatory practices discussed in Russia
Costs to firms from regulatory practices discussed in Russia Official inspections and Russia's new security-related laws were focal topics last year. Mikhail Abyzov, minister charged with improvi...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russian economy stabilising after weak start of the year
BOFIT Weekly Review,Russia Russian economy stabilising after weak start of the year Trends in Russian GDP growth tracked using Rosstat’s composite index of five core sectors of the economy (agricult...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2026
China’s central bank ongoing digital yuan pilot project enters its fourth year
#china China’s central bank ongoing digital yuan pilot project enters its fourth year The People’s Bank of China launched its foray into development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) already...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
BOFIT Forecast for China 2024-2026 / 1
china,forecast BOFIT Forecast for China 2024–2026 is published: Productivity gains key to China maintaining growth The latest forecast from BOFIT, the Bank of Finland’s Institute for Emerging Econom...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / BOFIT / News / 2024
Official figures on track to meet China’s GDP target but assessing the actual growth rate remains challenging
Official figures on track to meet China’s GDP target but assessing the actual growth rate remains challenging The Chinese economy grew by 4.8 % y-o-y in the third quarter of this year. The reduction ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025
BOFIT Forecast for Russia 2024-2026 / 2
<p>The latest forecast from BOFIT, the Bank of Finland’s Institute for Emerging Economies, sees Russian economic growth this year exceeding its previous estimate made last April. The higher 2024...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / BOFIT / News / 2024
Conferences and workshops
Upcoming BOFIT conferences and workshops Conferences and workshops All events BOFIT organises academic conferences and workshops on its research topics several times a year. Some of these events ar...
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Statistical reforms provide improved picture of Russian household spending
Russia Statistical reforms provide improved picture of Russian household spending New figures show that the large contraction in real household incomes of recent years was a little milder than ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Peer-reviewed research
3 1 Peer-reviewed research An objective of BOFIT’s research activity is to publish research results in the field’s international journals. The list of peer-reviewed articles demonstrates how resear...
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Chinese teens romp in 2018 PISA scores
China Chinese teens romp in 2018 PISA scores Participating students in Shanghai, Beijing, Jiangsu and Zhejiang snagged top scores in all three of PISA’s major categories (reading, mathematics and na...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
China eliminates remaining import tariffs on African nations
BOFIT Weekly Review,China China eliminates remaining import tariffs on African nations At the beginning of the year, China announced it would get rid of all remaining tariffs on goods from Africa as...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2026
Forecasting
BOFIT releases multi-year forecasts for the Russian and Chinese economies in spring and autumn.
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Official launch of BRICS New Development Bank
Official launch of BRICS New Development Bank All five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are members of the New Development Bank (NDB) with equal capital shares. All me...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Brisk growth in Russian foreign trade
Brisk growth in Russian foreign trade Russian goods trade in the first quarter saw increases with nearly all trading partners across all main product categories. The value of exports exceeded $80 bil...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Seminars
Upcoming BOFIT seminars Seminars All events An important part of our work is networking with academic colleagues both domestically and internationally, and for this reason BOFIT regularly organises...
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Finland posted weak performances last year in goods and services trade with China
BOFIT Weekly Review,China Finland posted weak performances last year in goods and services trade with China The weak performance of Finnish goods exports to China continued last year. Finnish Custom...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2026
Finland’s imports from China increased during the pandemic
China Finland’s imports from China increased during the pandemic Statistics Finland reports that the value of Finnish exports of goods and services to China last year amounted to 4.7 billion euros, ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Industry recovers in Russia's federal districts, while retail sales continue to contract
Industry recovers in Russia's federal districts, while retail sales continue to contract Industrial output increased in 2016 in all of Russia's federal districts (FD), which encompass numerou...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017