Ukraine receives its fourth IMF loan tranche
Ukraine receives its fourth IMF loan tranche At its meeting this week, the executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved release of the fourth tranche of a $17.5 billion support program...
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CBR lowers key rate by 25 basis points
CBR lowers key rate by 25 basis points The key rate is 9.75 % from this week. The CBR noted that a faster-than-expected drop in inflation and a slight decline in inflation expectations justified the ...
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Economic growth strong in the first quarter of this year; Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy systems and lack of skilled workers weaken economic outlook
Ukraine Economic growth strong in the first quarter of this year; Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy systems and lack of skilled workers weaken economic outlook Ukraine’s GDP growth accelerated to...
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US Congress passes long-awaited military assistance package for Ukraine
US Congress passes long-awaited military assistance package for Ukraine The US Congress passed a $61 billion support package for Ukraine and President Joe Biden signed the legislation into law on Wed...
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Official figures on track to meet China’s GDP target but assessing the actual growth rate remains challenging
Official figures on track to meet China’s GDP target but assessing the actual growth rate remains challenging The Chinese economy grew by 4.8 % y-o-y in the third quarter of this year. The reduction ...
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International use of the yuan proceeds slowly, even though it is increasingly used in China's foreign trade
China,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review International use of the yuan proceeds slowly, even though it is increasingly used in China's foreign trade In a speech in Shanghai last month, China’s central ...
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Financial woes of Russian regions begin to bite
Financial woes of Russian regions begin to bite Researchers at the Development Centre at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics report combined regional budget deficits this year could reach as much as ...
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Russian inflation soars
Russian inflation soars January consumer prices rose 15 % y-o-y. Inflation last ran this high in 2008. Food prices were up 21 % and other goods 11 %. The Russian government, concerned about the rapi...
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Ukraine’s economy grew last year despite massive damage to its energy sector
Ukraine,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review Ukraine’s economy grew last year despite massive damage to its energy sector Preliminary figures show Ukraine’s GDP grew by an impressive 3.4 % last year, even if...
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Russian economy started to recover again in January-February
Russian economy started to recover again in January-February Following weaker performance at the end of last year, the Russian economy appeared to get back to the track of slow growth in the first tw...
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China may introduce retaliatory measures as the US goes ahead with steel and aluminium import tariffs
China China may introduce retaliatory measures as the US goes ahead with steel and aluminium import tariffs China may introduce retaliatory measures as the US goes ahead with steel and aluminium imp...
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Big differences in regional economic growth rates
China Big differences in regional economic growth rates Big differences in regional economic growth rates Regional 2017 GDP growth figures for China's provinces range from a decline of 14 % in ...
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China's filings of international patent applications jump last year
China's filings of international patent applications jump last year The number of Chinese patent applications in 2016 increased by 45 % y-o-y, totalling 43,170 filings. Patent application filings...
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Wage growth slows; Chinese wage levels already high among emerging economies
Wage growth slows; Chinese wage levels already high among emerging economies The latest household survey of China's National Bureau of Statistics finds that wage growth in urban areas slowed to 7...
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Russian output recovers, but consumption slump drags on
Russian output recovers, but consumption slump drags on Industrial output in November-December 2016 rose by about 3 % y-o-y. Growth was slightly over 1 % for all of 2016. Rosstat noted that its full-...
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Gas sector drives growth in fixed investment
Gas sector drives growth in fixed investment Newly released Rosstat figures show a small recovery in seasonally adjusted fixed investment happened earlier than what the figures showed in late summer....
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Russian government takes on wage arrears problem
Russian government takes on wage arrears problem Prime minister Dmitri Medvedev told a cabinet-level meeting on wage arrears last week that total wage arrears were less than 1 % of the total monthly ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016