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Russian economic growth continued to slow in July
Russia,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review Russian economic growth continued to slow in July Russian output growth remained slow in July. The drag from tight monetary policy on demand is becoming more appar...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025
Digital archives of publication series
Digital archives of publication series All BOFIT publications can be found in digital (PDF) format in the Bank of Finland's institutional repository. The Bank of Finland’s Unit for Eastern Europe...
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Weak developments expected for Russian government sector revenues and expenditures
Russia Weak developments expected for Russian government sector revenues and expenditures In Russia’s government budget sector framework for 2023–2025, the finance ministry expects revenues to the c...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Ruble exchange rate turned to drop
Ruble exchange rate turned to drop Ruble exchange rate turned to drop After a long appreciation trend, the ruble has begun to depreciate along with falling oil prices. The price of Urals-grade crude...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russian competition bureau has plenty on its plate
Russia Russian competition bureau has plenty on its plate As part of the release of the 13th annual report of Russia’s competition agency, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS), agency head Igor A...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Eurasian Economic Union is taking steps to harmonize external tariffs and lower internal barriers
Russia Eurasian Economic Union is taking steps to harmonize external tariffs and lower internal barriers The union has evolved on top of earlier economic cooperation agreements among former Soviet r...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Significant differences in pace of development in various sectors of the Russian economy
Russia Significant differences in pace of development in various sectors of the Russian economy Manufacturing activity, when measured in the real volume of gross value added produced (GVA), has been...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Varying performance in Russian manufacturing branches last year
Varying performance in Russian manufacturing branches last year In 2015, the volume of manufacturing output fell 5.4 %. Last year, the output was virtually unchanged from 2015. Credit for ending the ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
IMF lowers its forecast for Russian GDP
IMF lowers its forecast for Russian GDP The IMF’s newest World Economic Outlook projects a nearly one-percentage point deeper contraction in Russian GDP in 2016 than in its January forecast. The IMF ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
IMF releases second loan tranche to Ukraine
IMF releases second loan tranche to Ukraine On July 31, the IMF Board voted to release the second tranche of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) approved last March. The latest tranche was for $1.7 bil...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
The slide of Russian output deepened in April
The slide of Russian output deepened in April Rosstat reports Russian GDP contracted 1.9 % y-o-y in the first quarter, and that the volume of economic activity as measured by indicators for the five ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Russian industrial output increased, consumption still falling
Russian industrial output increased, consumption still falling November seasonally and workday-adjusted industrial output increased substantially from October. Revised Rosstat figures show that indus...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Russian ruble continues to strengthen
Russian ruble continues to strengthen The ruble has appreciated this year about 8 % against the US dollar and 5 % against the euro. The ruble has been supported by strong trade surplus and increased ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Price tags on Putin's new economic initiatives revealed
Russia Price tags on Putin's new economic initiatives revealed Prime minister Dmitri Medvedev's initial assessment of president Putin's May Decree is that implementation over the next si...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Moscow launches ambitious housing programme
Russia,economy Moscow launches ambitious housing programme At the beginning of August, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed the list of apartment buildings to be included under an ambitious progra...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russian central bank and economy ministry expect sluggish recovery in coming years
Russian central bank and economy ministry expect sluggish recovery in coming years The latest forecasts of the CBR and economy ministry both see Russian GDP increasing by 1–2 % a year during 2017–202...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Chinese presence in energy projects in Russian Far East set to increase
Chinese presence in energy projects in Russian Far East set to increase As before, during president Vladimir Putin’s official state visit to China on Saturday (June 25) dozens of agreements for vario...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Russian firms suffering major profitability drops this year
Russia Russian firms suffering major profitability drops this year Rosstat figures show that the net profit of the corporate sector, i.e. combined profits and losses of Russian firms, fell by half i...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
Tight budgets and uncertainty currently dominate Russian economic policy
Tight budgets and uncertainty currently dominate Russian economic policy Persistent low oil prices and the weak economy have forced Russian policymakers to balance between budget cuts and stimulus me...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016