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...
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China’s export and import growth turned negative in December
China China’s export and import growth turned negative in December Following strong growth in the early autumn, growth of China’s foreign trade slowed significantly already in November. In December,...
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Chinese 15-year-olds lead emerging economies in latest PISA rankings
Chinese 15-year-olds lead emerging economies in latest PISA rankings The latest round of the OECD’s PISA tests included over 500,000 15-year-olds in 72 countries last year. The provincial level citie...
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China increased its share of Finnish foreign trade last year
China increased its share of Finnish foreign trade last year Although the value of Finnish goods exports to China fell 1 % last year to €2.5 billion, the value of imports rose 6 % y o y to €4.0 billi...
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Uneven development in Russian regions last year
Russia Uneven development in Russian regions last year Uneven development in Russian regions last year While Russian industrial output and retail sales overall grew by about 1 % last year, industri...
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China’s role in international patent activity continues to increase rapidly
China’s role in international patent activity continues to increase rapidly The latest figures from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) show that the volume of patent applications fil...
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In China, official 2025 GDP figure aligns with target; alternative estimate suggests lower growth
China,BOFIT Weekly Review In China, official 2025 GDP figure aligns with target; alternative estimate suggests lower growth China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports fourth-quarter growth ...
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The yuan’s share in international FX trading continues to grow
China,BOFIT Weekly Review The yuan’s share in international FX trading continues to grow In September, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released results of its 2025 Triennial Central Ban...
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Russian social security system – expensive and rigid
Russian social security system – expensive and rigid A fresh World Bank report finds Russia's social security costly and complex. Social spending on federal and regional levels, and via social fu...
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Central Bank of Russia takes over Otkritie Bank
Russia Central Bank of Russia takes over Otkritie Bank Central Bank of Russia takes over Otkritie Bank The CBR announced on Tuesday (Aug. 29) that it had taken over administration of Otkritie Bank,...
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Change in the law pushes millions of Russians into Mir payment cards
Change in the law pushes millions of Russians into Mir payment cards At the start of the week, president Putin signed legislative amendments, whereby wages paid from government budgets and many socia...
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Foreign bank lending to Russia has declined notably
Russia Foreign bank lending to Russia has declined notably The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) reports that the total lending of foreign banks to Russia at the end of 2017 amounted to $122 ...
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Consumers under major strain in Russian regions, industries struggle
Consumers under major strain in Russian regions, industries struggle Russia has experienced a nationwide slump in private consumption. In the first quarter of this year, the volume of retail sales, a...
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Major institutions lower their outlooks for Russia and Ukraine.
Major institutions lower their outlooks for Russia and Ukraine. The World Bank, IMF and EBRD have all released revised outlooks for Russia. Noting low crude oil prices, economic sanctions and structu...
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Russian exports and imports sink below 2010 levels
Russian exports and imports sink below 2010 levels Preliminary 2015 balance-of-payments figures released by the Central Bank of Russia show that the 2010 level was hit in the third quarter in both r...
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Growth in Russian household borrowing accelerated in 2018
Russia Growth in Russian household borrowing accelerated in 2018 The Central Bank of Russia reports that the household credit stock increased during the past two years. Growth accelerated substantia...
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Russia posts record grain harvests
Russia Russia posts record grain harvests By the conclusion of the harvest season on November 1, over 135 million metric tons of grains and other grain staples had been harvested – an all-time recor...
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Russian employment numbers rose, while unpaid leave and part-time work increased
Russian employment numbers rose, while unpaid leave and part-time work increased Despite recession, Rosstat’s employment survey finds the number of people employed declined just modestly in 2015 and ...
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China continued last year to lead in installed new industrial robots
China China continued last year to lead in installed new industrial robots The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) reports that 370,000 industrial robots were installed globally last year. Of...
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Russian household consumption recovers
Russia Russian household consumption recovers Private consumption began to recover last year, increasing in real terms by about 3.5 % y-o-y after declining by a total of 12 % over the previous two y...
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