Despite the lack of foreign interest, China moves to open its bond markets to the world
Despite the lack of foreign interest, China moves to open its bond markets to the world China's central bank and Hong Kong's monetary authority announced plans in May to give foreign investor...
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Official figures indicate Russian economy contracted only mildly in 2016
Official figures indicate Russian economy contracted only mildly in 2016 Defying forecasts and various earlier estimates by others based on output data, Rosstat reported its first calculations that R...
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Fixed investment sustained China’s first-quarter growth
Fixed investment sustained China’s first-quarter growth On-year GDP growth in January-March was 6.7 %. Seasonally adjusted quarterly growth, however, was 1.1 %, which translates to on-year growth of ...
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Profitability and solidity of China’s largest banks stable even as credit risk grows
China Profitability and solidity of China’s largest banks stable even as credit risk grows A third-quarter reviews of China’s biggest banks show that profits at each of the country’s four giant bank...
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Monitoring of partially completed fixed investments in Russia is difficult
Russia Monitoring of partially completed fixed investments in Russia is difficult A recent study of Russia’s Accounts Chamber notes that information about partially implemented fixed investment proj...
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BOFIT forecast sees lower growth of Russian economy ahead
Russia,forecast BOFIT forecast sees lower growth of Russian economy ahead While Rosstat’s 2.3 % initial estimate for Russian 2018 GDP growth clearly exceeded expectations, our latest BOFIT Fore...
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Large disparities in Russian regional economic development
Large disparities in Russian regional economic development Apart from the Siberia and Far East federal districts, manufacturing output has risen over the past 3−4 years continuously in Russia’s other...
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China implements fiscal stimulus measures
China China implements fiscal stimulus measures The slowdown in economic growth has forced China’s top decision-makers to implement further stimulus measures on the fiscal front. The budget deficit ...
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Restrictions diminished outward FDI flows from China last year
China Restrictions diminished outward FDI flows from China last year Restrictions diminished outward FDI flows from China last year China's commerce ministry reports that outbound foreign direc...
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B&N Bank now under CBR administration
Russia B&N Bank now under CBR administration B&N Bank now under CBR administration On Thursday (Sept. 21), the Central Bank of Russia announced it would become the largest shareholder in tr...
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Russian economy began to contract in April
Russia Russian economy began to contract in April The impacts of Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine are now beginning to emerge on a wider scale throughout the Russian economy. The scale of impac...
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Pandemic halts growth of Russian insurance markets
Russia Pandemic halts growth of Russian insurance markets Russia’s insurance markets grew by over 10 % per year in 2016 to 2018. Last year, however, growth was essentially non-existent, due in ...
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Russian manufacturing on the road to recovery, while extractive industries remain in a deep slump
Russia Russian manufacturing on the road to recovery, while extractive industries remain in a deep slump Industrial output was in June down almost as much in on-year terms as in May, with the output...
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Oil prices, ruble and Moscow stock exchange all down; CBR holds key rate unchanged
Russia Oil prices, ruble and Moscow stock exchange all down; CBR holds key rate unchanged Global oil prices continued to slump in the wake of their March 9 collapse. The export price of Urals-grade ...
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Russian export earnings and imports decrease sharply; net capital outflow moderate
Russia Russian export earnings and imports decrease sharply; net capital outflow moderate Preliminary balance-of-payments figures released by the Central Bank of Russia show that the country’s reven...
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Mainland China share prices soar again; CSRC lifts moratorium on IPO listings
Mainland China share prices soar again; CSRC lifts moratorium on IPO listings Share indexes in October were up 11 % on the Shanghai stock exchange and 17 % on the Shenzhen exchange – and the upward t...
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IMF repeats its calls for Russia to implement economic reforms
IMF repeats its calls for Russia to implement economic reforms A report on the IMF’s annual Article IV consultations with Russia states that Russian GDP is expected to contract 3.4 % this year and t...
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Technological leadership, self-sufficiency, and national security dominate the economic policy framework laid out at the CPC’s Third Plenum
China Technological leadership, self-sufficiency, and national security dominate the economic policy framework laid out at the CPC’s Third Plenum Roughly every five years, the Communist Party of Chi...
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Officials take over troubled Chinese bank
China Officials take over troubled Chinese bank Faced with insurmountable financial difficulties, Baoshang Bank, which operates mainly in Inner Mongolia, was taken over last Friday (May 24) by the C...
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Russia's 2018−20 monetary policy guidelines stress the role of inflation expectations
Russia's 2018−20 monetary policy guidelines stress the role of inflation expectations The Central Bank of Russia reaffirmed its inflation target of "close to 4 %" a year on average. The...
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