IMF says global outlook has improved significantly from three months ago
China IMF says global outlook has improved significantly from three months ago The April edition of the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook sees the global economy growing by 6 ...
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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...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Official figures indicate Russian economy contracted only mildly in 2016
Official figures indicate Russian economy contracted only mildly in 2016 Defying forecasts and various earlier estimates by others based on output data, Rosstat reported its first calculations that R...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russian economic situation remains weak
Russian economic situation remains weak In the first two months of this year, seasonally adjusted and workday-adjusted industrial output continued to lack clear direction. After lurching ahead in Jan...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
China’s role in international patent activity continues to increase rapidly
China’s role in international patent activity continues to increase rapidly The latest figures from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) show that the volume of patent applications fil...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Moderate global growth expected next year
world economy Moderate global growth expected next year The strength of global economic growth surprised many observers this year. A major driver was the robust performance of the US economy, which ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
Finland-China trade soared in the first half
China Finland-China trade soared in the first half Finnish Customs reports the goods trade between Finland and China grew by 20 % y-o-y in the first half of this year. Growth exceeded that of Finni...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Nominal increase in public sector revenues comes to a near halt
Nominal increase in public sector revenues comes to a near halt First-quarter revenues to the consolidated budget, which includes federal, regional and local government budgets, as well as state soci...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Regions and local governments face precarious budget circumstances
Regions and local governments face precarious budget circumstances First- and second-quarter revenues to the consolidated budget (federal, regional and local government revenues plus state social fu...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
China’s oil imports set record, but uncertainty over near-term oil demand depresses oil market
China China’s oil imports set record, but uncertainty over near-term oil demand depresses oil market China imported 506 million metric tons of crude oil last year, a 9.5 % increase from 2018. C...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
In China, industry and foreign trade drove growth at the start of this year; direct impacts from Middle East war still modest
china,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review In China, industry and foreign trade drove growth at the start of this year; direct impacts from Middle East war still modest China’s industrial output in the first...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2026
EU-India free-trade agreement creates basis for developing economic relations
BOFIT Weekly Review,world economy EU-India free-trade agreement creates basis for developing economic relations Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and European Commission president Ursula von der L...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2026
New round of US tariffs could significantly slow global growth
China,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review New round of US tariffs could significantly slow global growth On April 2, the United States president Donald Trump announced “reciprocal” import tariffs of 10–50 %...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025
Half of the cars built and sold in China still only have internal combustion engines
China,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review Half of the cars built and sold in China still only have internal combustion engines The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) reports that productio...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024
Yuan’s depreciation trend likely over; Chinese currency’s internationalisation progresses slowly
Yuan’s depreciation trend likely over; Chinese currency’s internationalisation progresses slowly The yuan’s persistent weakening bias, which have lasted for most of this year, appears to have ended. ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
Global growth faces increased risks
global economy,trade,imf,BOFIT Weekly Review Global growth faces increased risks The International Monetary Fund (IMF) last week released its quarterly update of the World Economic Outlook. Global g...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024
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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
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
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