Publications
Research papers are published in our BOFIT Discussion Papers series, while topics of current interest are addressed in the BOFIT Policy Brief series. BOFIT blog entries in Finnish or English are poste...
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Chinese efforts to stave off economic slowdown to continue in 2024
China Chinese efforts to stave off economic slowdown to continue in 2024 In recent months, China has employed a wide variety of measures to stimulate economic growth (BOFIT Weekly 44/2023). Most of ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
Despite yuan promotion policies, international use of the currency remains modest
China Despite yuan promotion policies, international use of the currency remains modest The yuan (CNY), which is still not freely convertible due to China’s strict currency controls, has yet to esta...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Sluggish growth in global trade
#worldeconomy Sluggish growth in global trade Several international forecasters have revised their economic outlooks in recent weeks. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) released last week now se...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
Trade dispute gives impetus to long-stalled economic reforms in China
China Trade dispute gives impetus to long-stalled economic reforms in China Chinese officials this summer implemented reforms aimed at easing access of foreign firms to China’s markets. Measures inc...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Healthy increase in Finnish exports to China last year
China Healthy increase in Finnish exports to China last year Finnish Customs values Finland’s goods exports to China last year at 3.5 billion euros, an increase of 4 % from 2017. Exports set a nearl...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Robotisation of China zooms along
China Robotisation of China zooms along China has been the world's largest market for industrial robots since 2013, and accounted for 30 % of global industrial robot sales in 2016. The Internati...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Russian Duma approves adjustments to federal and social fund budgets for 2015
Russian Duma approves adjustments to federal and social fund budgets for 2015 The Duma made no change to the government’s proposed federal budget in aggregate, even if the modifications had caused h...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Russians experienced drop in real household incomes last year
Russians experienced drop in real household incomes last year Rising inflation caused real household incomes to contract by nearly 1 % last year. When inflation flared in November and December 2014, ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Large shifts in structure of government revenues and spending
Large shifts in structure of government revenues and spending In the first half of 2015, revenues to the consolidated budget (federal, regional and local governments, plus state social funds) remain...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
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...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
Depressed Russian demand and output continued in May
Depressed Russian demand and output continued in May For the third month in a row, the volume of retail sales was down about 9 % y-o-y. The contraction for the first five months of 2015 was over 7.5...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
This year’s economic goals rolled out at National People’s Congress
China This year’s economic goals rolled out at National People’s Congress On Saturday (Mar. 5), the 2,980-member People’s National Congress convened for a week-long plenary session in Beijing. As pa...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Russian government budget framework assumes lean years ahead
Russian government budget framework assumes lean years ahead In its latest budget framework proposal to the government, the finance ministry expects the nominal value of government revenues to fall t...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Minor shifts in the structure of Russian foreign trade
Minor shifts in the structure of Russian foreign trade Measured in US dollars, the value of both goods exports and goods imports contracted by 30 % y-o-y in the fourth quarter of 2015. The rate of co...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
China nears euro area in terms of consumed foreign value added of goods and services
China China nears euro area in terms of consumed foreign value added of goods and services The OECD released its latest Trade in Value Added (TiVA) assessment in mid-November. The figures cover 66 e...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
China is Myanmar’s most important trading partner
China China is Myanmar’s most important trading partner At the beginning of February, China’s foreign affairs ministry issued a tepid statement noting the military coup in Myanmar and hoped that the...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Russian government issues lean proposals for 2016 federal and state social fund budgets
Russian government issues lean proposals for 2016 federal and state social fund budgets In submitting its draft budgets to the Duma, the finance ministry included an estimate for total government-sec...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
IMF report clarifies issues on possible inclusion of yuan in SDR basket
IMF report clarifies issues on possible inclusion of yuan in SDR basket The IMF Board will decide this November on adding the Chinese yuan to the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights (SDR) basket reserve cu...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
China ranked the world’s top FDI recipient in 2020
China China ranked the world’s top FDI recipient in 2020 In a trend running counter to the rest of the world, foreign direct investment flows to China increased last year amidst the global pandemic ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021