Revised Rosstat figures give a significantly brighter view of recent industrial output growth
Russia Revised Rosstat figures give a significantly brighter view of recent industrial output growth Revised 2016–17 data show that Russian industrial output, rather than the 2.3 % reported earlier,...
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Impacts of Ukraine invasion on Russia’s economy already apparent in March
Russia Impacts of Ukraine invasion on Russia’s economy already apparent in March Rosstat preliminary figures show Russian first-quarter GDP growing by 3.5 % y-o-y. Rosstat figures further show ...
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Ukraine receives its fourth IMF loan tranche
Ukraine receives its fourth IMF loan tranche At its meeting this week, the executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved release of the fourth tranche of a $17.5 billion support program...
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Firms with foreign ownership cutting back operations in Russia
Firms with foreign ownership cutting back operations in Russia Large and mid-sized firms with at least some share of foreign ownership reduced their personnel more than other firms over the past year...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Russian economy has shrunk considerably from early 2015
Russian economy has shrunk considerably from early 2015 Seasonally adjusted figures show a substantial recovery in industrial output in the first three months of this year. Extractive industries, par...
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EU Chamber of Commerce in China sees harsher operating environment ahead
China EU Chamber of Commerce in China sees harsher operating environment ahead At the end of September, the EU Chamber of Commerce in China released its annual position paper. The European Chamber i...
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Russia’s economic growth has continued, though slowing a bit
Russia Russia’s economic growth has continued, though slowing a bit While the on-year September increases in most sectors of the Russian economy were notably high, the economic development ministry ...
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Chinese direct investment in Europe continues to rise
Chinese direct investment in Europe continues to rise The US-based Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute’s China Global Investment Tracker database indicate that the new large ove...
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China’s overcapacity problems increase
China’s overcapacity problems increase Overcapacity is most apparent in businesses supplying the construction sector (e.g. steel, concrete and glass), aluminium production, papermaking, coal mining a...
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No clear direction for China’s housing market
No clear direction for China’s housing market The tracking of average housing prices last month in 99 Chinese cities by the private real estate portal SouFun indicated a modest sustained increase in ...
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Chinese real estate markets deteriorate further
Chinese real estate markets deteriorate further Real estate sales contracted again in December. Real estate sales volume, measured in terms of floorspace, declined 8 % y-o-y. In value terms, sales fe...
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Direct investment flows into and out of China continue to rise
Direct investment flows into and out of China continue to rise Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China in the second quarter amounted to $34 billion, an increase of 6 % from 2Q14. Outbound FDI fr...
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Capital outflow from Russia continued strong due to foreign debt payments
Capital outflow from Russia continued strong due to foreign debt payments The net capital outflow of private sector in the first quarter was $33 billion, down from $48 billion a year earlier. Banks p...
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Chinese economy continues to slow
Chinese economy continues to slow May figures reinforce the view that China’s economy remains on a lower growth trend. As it has for months, on-year industrial output growth hovered around 6 % y-o-y...
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Russia’s current account surplus persists, outbound capital flow diminishes
Russia’s current account surplus persists, outbound capital flow diminishes Preliminary balance-of-payments figures show that Russia’s current account surplus amounted to nearly $20 billion in the se...
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Russian economy weakened sharply in first two months of the year; rising oil prices bring relief
BOFIT Weekly Review,Russia Russian economy weakened sharply in first two months of the year; rising oil prices bring relief While Russian economic trends weakened dramatically in January and Februar...
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BOFIT expects relatively low growth for China over the next two years
China* BOFIT expects relatively low growth for China over the next two years China is experiencing its third year of pandemic disruption and zero-covid policies. This situation has increased uncerta...
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Russian government spending cushions fixed investment decline
Russia Russian government spending cushions fixed investment decline In Russia, the real volume of fixed investment declined in the second quarter by about 7.5 % y-o-y. The drop was less steep ...
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Signs of recovery in Russian foreign trade, capital outflows rather large
Russia Signs of recovery in Russian foreign trade, capital outflows rather large Preliminary Central Bank of Russia balance-of-payments figures show that Russian earnings on exports of goods and ser...
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Gradual recovery in Russian foreign trade continues, capital outflows rise
Russia Gradual recovery in Russian foreign trade continues, capital outflows rise Preliminary figures released by the Central Bank of Russia show revenues from exports of goods and services recovere...
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