Market turbulence rocks China, too
China Market turbulence rocks China, too Market turbulence rocks China, too Stock markets nose-dived globally as unexpectedly strong economic figures lifted interest rates and increased expectation...
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Producer prices in China finally start to rise
Producer prices in China finally start to rise After 54 consecutive months of decline, producer prices in September rose 0.1 % y-o-y, bringing to an end an unprecedented producer price deflation epis...
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Russian foreign trade and capital outflow increased sharply in first quarter
Russian foreign trade and capital outflow increased sharply in first quarter Preliminary balance-of-payment figures from the Central Bank of Russia indicate that the dollar value of Russian goods and...
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China’s official GDP statistics suggest the economy off to a decent start this year
BOFIT Weekly Review,China China’s official GDP statistics suggest the economy off to a decent start this year China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported on Thursday (April 16) that GDP gro...
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Chinese international patent activity almost on par with the US
China Chinese international patent activity almost on par with the US The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which operates under the auspices of the UN, reports that a total of 253,00...
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Despite underdeveloped markets, mainland China shares now included in MSCI indices
China Despite underdeveloped markets, mainland China shares now included in MSCI indices Starting today (June 1), share index producer MSCI includes some 233 A-shares listed on mainland Chinese exch...
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Lower costs help boost profits of Chinese banks
Lower costs help boost profits of Chinese banks The Big Four, China's giant, largely state-owned commercial banks (Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Industria...
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China surpasses the US in volume of international patent applications
China China surpasses the US in volume of international patent applications 2019 figures just released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialised UN agency, show that a to...
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Chinese imports from the EU and other regions picked up in September
China Chinese imports from the EU and other regions picked up in September China Customs reports strong goods exports in September, with the value of exports measured in US dollars rising by 10 ...
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Higher oil prices boost surplus of Russian federal budget
Russia Higher oil prices boost surplus of Russian federal budget 2018 budget revenues were up 29 % last year. Much of the gain came from higher revenues from oil & gas taxes, which saw a bo...
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China's Silk Road project moves ahead
China's Silk Road project moves ahead The "One Belt, One Road" (OBOR) summit was held in Beijing on May 14–15. The meeting featured delegations from over 100 countries, as well as the I...
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Nationwide increases of manufacturing output and retail sales in Russia
Russia Nationwide increases of manufacturing output and retail sales in Russia Manufacturing output continued to rise in the first half of this year in almost all federal districts, even if the pace...
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Despite unprecedented budget-cutting, Russia posts large government deficits
Despite unprecedented budget-cutting, Russia posts large government deficits Revenues to the consolidated government budget (includes federal, regional and municipal budgets plus state social funds) ...
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China continues to support NEV manufacture and sales as part of corona stimulus
China China continues to support NEV manufacture and sales as part of corona stimulus Car sales in China, which were already declining last year, plunged with the emergence of the coronavirus epidem...
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Call for Papers: Workshop on Banking and Society
#callforpapers,#workshop,#banking Call for Papers: Workshop on Banking and Society CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop is organized by LaRGE Research Center (University of Strasbourg), Bank of Finland Institut...
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International Monetary Fund lowers growth forecast for Russia
Russia International Monetary Fund lowers growth forecast for Russia The IMF’s July update to its World Economic Outlook revise the forecast for Russia’s projected 2019 growth down from 1.6 % i...
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United States Treasury lifts sanctions on Russian aluminium giant Rusal
Russia United States Treasury lifts sanctions on Russian aluminium giant Rusal On Sunday (Jan. 27) the Treasury lifted sanctions on the energy company EN+, the aluminium producer Rusal and the energ...
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Chinese consumer price inflation held steady at around 2 % last year
China Chinese consumer price inflation held steady at around 2 % last year Consumer prices on average were up 2.1 % y-o-y in 2018, which meant that China’s leadership achieved inflation be...
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Apartment prices in China’s big cities in decline at the end of 2018
China Apartment prices in China’s big cities in decline at the end of 2018 Figures from the National Bureau of Statistics and survey data produced by the Soufun housing real estate portal show that ...
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Russia posted good economic growth in 4Q21; manufacturing particularly strong
Russia Russia posted good economic growth in 4Q21; manufacturing particularly strong Russia’s economy ministry released estimates for the recovery of GDP from the 2020 recession. In the fourth quart...
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