Finland’s trade with Russia declined sharply last year
Finland’s trade with Russia declined sharply last year The contraction reflects mainly lower oil prices, weak Russian demand and the ruble’s devaluation. EU-imposed sanctions on trade with Russia hav...
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Exports of Russian pipeline gas down over 10 % last year
Exports of Russian pipeline gas down over 10 % last year The Central Bank of Russia reports that about 175 billion m3 of natural gas were exported last year. Exports to Ukraine were down significantl...
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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
China sets a low bar ahead of Paris climate conference
China sets a low bar ahead of Paris climate conference With the Paris climate conference set to begin at the end of November, China revealed its climate targets: reducing of carbon dioxide emissions...
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Putin issues decree to speed up construction of Power of Siberia pipeline
Putin issues decree to speed up construction of Power of Siberia pipeline It was hoped that president Putin’s state visit to Beijing last week would give a boost to China-Russia economic relations, b...
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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
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...
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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...
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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...
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CBR opens representative office in Beijing
CBR opens representative office in Beijing The Central Bank of Russia opened its first overseas office last week in Beijing, making it the 13th representative office of a foreign central bank in that...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Capital outflows from Russia paused
Russia Capital outflows from Russia paused Capital outflows from Russia paused Preliminary 2Q17 balance of payments figures indicate that the net private sector capital flow turned slightly in favo...
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OECD reports Chinese firms enjoy far more industrial subsidies firms in than other countries
BOFIT Weekly Review,China OECD reports Chinese firms enjoy far more industrial subsidies firms in than other countries At the start of June, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmen...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2026
India’s economic growth slowed by nearly a third last year
India,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review India’s economic growth slowed by nearly a third last year India’s latest annual national accounts statement estimates that real GDP grew by 6.5 % during fiscal yea...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025
Chinese indebtedness relatively higher than in the Euro Area or the United States
China Chinese indebtedness relatively higher than in the Euro Area or the United States New figures released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) show that China’s total debt-to-GDP ratio...
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Number of banks operating in Russia still declining, but not as fast as earlier
Russia Number of banks operating in Russia still declining, but not as fast as earlier Central Bank of Russia governor Elvira Nabiullina declared that the purging of unhealthy banks from the sector ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
Did structural economic change in China come to a halt last year?
China Did structural economic change in China come to a halt last year? Preliminary demand-side GDP figures show that private consumption accounted for 39 % of total demand last year, slightly less ...
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Former visitors
researchers Visitor Period of Visit Research Institute Laurent Weill 07.01. - 10.01.2025 University of Strasbourg Luu Duc Toan Huynh 07.01. - 17.01.2025 Queen Mary University of London Yi Wei 10.02. ...
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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