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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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 ...
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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
BOFIT forecasts low growth for the Russian economy in coming years
Russia BOFIT forecasts low growth for the Russian economy in coming years Our latest BOFIT forecast for Russia, which covers the 2018–2020 period, sees GDP growth this year remaining below 2 %,...
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Forecasters downgrade China’s 2022 GDP growth forecast, see high growth rates for India and predict a lower-than-expected contraction of the Russian economy
China,India,Russia Forecasters downgrade China’s 2022 GDP growth forecast, see high growth rates for India and predict a lower-than-expected contraction of the Russian economy In its latest World Ec...
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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...
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Russian government budget revenues weaken; high inflation erodes stimulus effects
Russia Russian government budget revenues weaken; high inflation erodes stimulus effects May federal budget revenues were up by just 10 % y-o-y in nominal terms. The rise was gravely insufficie...
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Russian government and businesses have cut back on investments
Russian government and businesses have cut back on investments Total fixed investments fell by about 12 % in real terms in 2014–2016. The ratio of fixed investments to GDP is just 21 %. Government in...
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European Commission invites comments on EU-Gazprom gas dispute
European Commission invites comments on EU-Gazprom gas dispute An investigation launched in autumn 2012 into European gas markets initially found that Gazprom violated EU competition rules in many EU...
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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 ...
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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
Putin's newest May Decree sets out typical government target and task list through 2024
Russia Putin's newest May Decree sets out typical government target and task list through 2024 As with Putin's third inauguration in 2012, he laid out on Monday (May 7) a new to-do list for ...
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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...
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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...
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Call for visitors
#visitingresearcher Call for visitors within BOFIT Visiting Researcher Programme now open for Spring/Summer 2023 BOFIT Visiting Researchers scheme enables academics and researchers to spend a period...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / BOFIT / News / 2022
Russian inflation continues to pick up steam
Russian inflation continues to pick up steam Consumer prices showed in July-August their fastest on-month rise for years. In August consumer price inflation was nearly 16 % y-o-y and food prices were...
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Russian accounts inspector finds problems with National Welfare Fund use
Russian accounts inspector finds problems with National Welfare Fund use The Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation reports that assets invested from the National Welfare Fund to finance large i...
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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...
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Russian output shows transient spike in December
Russian output shows transient spike in December Industrial output growth accelerated in December, particularly in a couple of manufacturing branches. Some experts suggest that the acceleration large...
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US reciprocal tariff deadline arrives
BOFIT Weekly Review,world economy US reciprocal tariff deadline arrives Following United States president Donald Trump’s announcement of the “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs on April 2, the US of...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025