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BOFIT Venäjä-tietoisku BOFIT Kiina-tietoisku BOFIT Venäjä-tietoisku järjestetään vuosittain keväällä. Tietoiskuissa keskustellaan keskeisistä, ...
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Russian defence industry continued to show fast growth last year
Russian defence industry continued to show fast growth last year Preliminary figures show that production of military and civilian products by Russia's defence-industrial complex (OPK) increased ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russian inflation slowed slightly in June on reduced increases in prices of fruits and vegetables
Russia Russian inflation slowed slightly in June on reduced increases in prices of fruits and vegetables The 12-month rise in consumer prices fell from 17.1 % in May to 15.9 % in June. Ove...
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Contraction in Russian foreign trade and capital outflow slowed down
Contraction in Russian foreign trade and capital outflow slowed down Preliminary balance-of-payments figures show the value of Russian imports shrank 10 % y-o-y in dollar terms during April-June. Goo...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Moscow stock indices and oil prices still up for the year
Russia Moscow stock indices and oil prices still up for the year The Moscow Exchange has been lifted this year by a strong updraft from rising oil prices. News of the omicron variant of COVID-19, ho...
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Construction work on Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline finishes up
Russia Construction work on Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline finishes up Construction work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which runs along the floor of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, was compl...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Russian exports take off with recovery in global demand for raw materials
Russia Russian exports take off with recovery in global demand for raw materials The value of Russian goods exports in the second quarter was up by 64 % y-o-y. Looking beyond the low reference ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Despite this year’s sharp rise in oil prices, ruble sees only marginal appreciation
Russia Despite this year’s sharp rise in oil prices, ruble sees only marginal appreciation The price of Urals-grade crude oil hit $74 a barrel at the end of June, a 45 % increase from the start...
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CBR calls for better supervision of microlenders
CBR calls for better supervision of microlenders Although lending of commercial banks to households has declined, the growth of providers of small loans at high interest is booming. Some 3,000 regist...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
CBR hikes key rate again
CBR hikes key rate again On June 11, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) raised its key rate by 50 basis points to 5.5 %. It was the CBR’s third hike this year for a total increase of 125 basis poi...
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CBR raises key rate to 4.5 %
Russia CBR raises key rate to 4.5 % On March 19, the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Russia decided at their monthly inflation meeting to raise the key rate by 0.25 percentage points ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Russian energy export volumes at crossroads
Russian energy export volumes at crossroads In volume terms, the export performance of Russia’s oil sector this year has exceeded expectations. Early this year, Russia’s economic forecast predicted t...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Net exports lifted Russian economic output numbers in the second quarter; domestic demand slack
Russia Net exports lifted Russian economic output numbers in the second quarter; domestic demand slack Russian GDP grew by 1.9 % y-o-y in the second quarter of this year, with seasonally-adjusted GD...
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IMF expects only modest Russian growth in coming years; decelerating growth in China
Russia,China IMF expects only modest Russian growth in coming years; decelerating growth in China The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook sees the global economy growing by 3.7 % this year and ...
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Growth in Russian imports stalls; capital outflows increase
Russia Growth in Russian imports stalls; capital outflows increase Preliminary balance-of-payments figures show that the value of Russian exports of goods and services increased by nearly 30 % ...
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Caspian Sea states make progress in jurisdiction of territorial waters
Russia Caspian Sea states make progress in jurisdiction of territorial waters On August 12, the five littoral states surrounding the Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russi...
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CIS countries have had to relax foreign exchange policies in recent years
Russia CIS countries have had to relax foreign exchange policies in recent years CIS countries have had to relax foreign exchange polies in recent years The currencies of countries in the Commonwea...
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Recovery in Russian export earnings and imports continued in second quarter
Russia Recovery in Russian export earnings and imports continued in second quarter Recovery in Russian export earnings and imports continued in second quarter Balance of payments figures from the C...
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Russian economy continued to contract in October
Russia Russian economy continued to contract in October First estimates released by the economic development ministry and Rosstat put the decline in Russian GDP in recent months around 4–5 % y-...
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Russian oil production hits post-Soviet record; growth in output expected to slow
Russian oil production hits post-Soviet record; growth in output expected to slow Last year Russia produced roughly 550 million metric tons (an average of 11 mbd) of crudeoil (includes gas condensate...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017