Forecasts see smaller slide for Russian economy than earlier
Forecasts see smaller slide for Russian economy than earlier Both the IMF World Economic Outlook update released this month and the July consensus forecast of various major forecasters see Russian GD...
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Growth in Russian government sector spending accelerates
Russia Growth in Russian government sector spending accelerates Expenditures of the consolidated budget (federal, regional and municipal budgets, plus state social funds) increased in the third quar...
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Russian economic trends seem to have stabilised in July
Russia Russian economic trends seem to have stabilised in July Although retail sales and many branches of manufacturing experienced weaker growth in July, the Russian economy garnered support from o...
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The big push of Finnish firms to invest in their Chinese affiliates came in 2015
The big push of Finnish firms to invest in their Chinese affiliates came in 2015 Statistics Finland figures for 2015 show that the affiliates of Finnish firms in China for the first time made China F...
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Procurements of public sector and state-owned enterprises in 2016 exceeded 30 % of Russian GDP
Procurements of public sector and state-owned enterprises in 2016 exceeded 30 % of Russian GDP Theeconomy ministry reports that public procurements in Russia last year were valued at 5.3 trillion rub...
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March PMI indicators suggest Russian economy already contracting
Russia March PMI indicators suggest Russian economy already contracting Readings of the Markit Economics purchasing manager indices for March show contractions in both manufacturing and service bran...
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Russian stock market performance reflects low oil prices and ruble slide
Russian stock market performance reflects low oil prices and ruble slide Russia’s main RTS share index, calculated in dollars, fell 4 % last year on the drop in oil prices and the ruble’s weak exchan...
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CBR issues monetary policy guidelines for 2020−2022
Russia CBR issues monetary policy guidelines for 2020−2022 Maintaining price stability will remain the top monetary policy priority for the Central Bank of Russia in coming years. This means, in pra...
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Russian central bank lowers its key rate; growth in corporate borrowing slows
russia,BOFIT Weekly Review,economy Russian central bank lowers its key rate; growth in corporate borrowing slows At its regular meeting on June 6, the Central Bank of Russia’s board of directors dec...
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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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Russian economy continued to recover in July
Russia Russian economy continued to recover in July The covid-19 pandemic hit Russia hard this spring, but the impacts were uneven. It now appears that even most of hard-hit sectors are beginning to...
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Mixed signals on direction of Russian economy
Mixed signals on direction of Russian economy The slide in domestic demand continued in October as seasonally adjusted retail sales, reflecting private consumption which is the largest demand compone...
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Russian foreign trade remains very weak
Russian foreign trade remains very weak The value of Russian goods exports in the third quarter was down nearly 40 % y-o-y in dollar terms and about 25 % in euro terms. Low export prices were largely...
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Russian GDP grew by just 0.6 % last year
Russian GDP grew by just 0.6 % last year 2014 saw a marked slowdown in the pace of economic growth last year from 1.3 % in 2013. Private consumer spending was the main factor supporting growth, but a...
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Moscow stock prices tanked last year
Moscow stock prices tanked last year The Moscow Exchange’s RTS index fell 43 % last year from a high of 1,388 points to 791 points. The steepest drop came in December on the sharp drop in crude oil p...
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The third unit of the natural gas liquefaction plant in Yamal went into operation in November
Russia The third unit of the natural gas liquefaction plant in Yamal went into operation in November The plant is located on the coast of the Arctic Ocean. It brought its first unit, or train, on st...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Improved Russian federal budget performance; deficit shrinks
Russia Improved Russian federal budget performance; deficit shrinks 2017fourth-quarter budget revenues were again up significantly from 4Q16 (not including funds received in 4Q16 from the sale of a ...
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State enterprises and the state may generate around 40 % of Russian GDP
Russia State enterprises and the state may generate around 40 % of Russian GDP Rosstat reports that in recent years 11–12 % of revenues of all firms and organisations (excluding funding received fro...
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Russian CBR hikes key rate again
Russia Russian CBR hikes key rate again On April 23, the Central Bank of Russia raised its key rate by 50 basis points to 5 %. In its previous rate hike a month earlier, the CBR raised the key ...
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BOFIT’s latest forecast sees Russian economic growth falling to 1 % this year
Russia BOFIT’s latest forecast sees Russian economic growth falling to 1 % this year The acceleration of Russian economic growth to 2.3 % last year was largely driven by transient factors....
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019