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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Russian cabinet decides to increase spending this year, abandons last spring’s budget framework
Russian cabinet decides to increase spending this year, abandons last spring’s budget framework The Russian government this week submitted to the Duma a proposed amendment to this year’s federal budg...
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Russian federal budget revenues declined last year, while defence spending soared
Russian federal budget revenues declined last year, while defence spending soared In nominal ruble terms, federal budget revenues last year contracted 6 %. In real terms (i.e. taking inflation into c...
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China strengthens its status as world’s third most active patent-seeker
China strengthens its status as world’s third most active patent-seeker Latest figures from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) show the volume of international patents filed under th...
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CBR sees Russian economy contracting 3.5–4 % this year
CBR sees Russian economy contracting 3.5–4 % this year The central bank forecast further expects the GDP to fall 1–1.6 % in 2016 but return to growth of 5.5–6.3 % in 2017. The CBR’s outlook assumes t...
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Semblance of calm returns to banking sector
Semblance of calm returns to banking sector The ruble’s collapse crested in mid-December (Dec. 16–17), followed by a frenzy of withdrawals from bank deposit accounts. However, the situation calmed in...
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Low oil prices challenge Russian government finances
Low oil prices challenge Russian government finances The houses of the Russian parliament (Duma and Federation Council) during the past two weeks approved the draft 2016 federal budget. In its decisi...
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Research Fellows
2022-2026 Jan Fidrmuc / Lille Économie Management (L.E.M), Université de Lille Jan Fidrmuc holds the Accueil de talents 2020 chaire d'excellence professorship at Lille Économie Mana...
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Russian economy has recovered from last year’s recession, but pace of recovery varies considerably across branches
Russia Russian economy has recovered from last year’s recession, but pace of recovery varies considerably across branches The Russian economy has largely recovered from the recession in spring 2020,...
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Conflicts in the Middle East cloud global economic outlook
BOFIT Weekly Review,world economy Conflicts in the Middle East cloud global economic outlook The International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week released its latest World Economic Outlook. In addition t...
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...
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Global growth outlook improves, but tariff uncertainty creates significant downside risks
BOFIT Weekly Review,world economy Global growth outlook improves, but tariff uncertainty creates significant downside risks In its latest World Economic Outlook update, the International Monetary Fu...
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China celebrates 40 years of economic reform
China China celebrates 40 years of economic reform The milestone was celebrated on Tuesday (18.8.) in the high level meeting in Beijing. The meeting, however, offered nothing new concerning the futu...
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Mainland China’s stock markets have been on a rise for the past two months
China Mainland China’s stock markets have been on a rise for the past two months Dragged down by uncertainty, share prices of companies listed on Chinese stock exchanges took a beating in the first ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Latest forecasts show China putting the covid-19 crisis behind it, even as other emerging economies struggle
China Latest forecasts show China putting the covid-19 crisis behind it, even as other emerging economies struggle According to both the IMF’s just-released World Economic Outlook update and the Wor...
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European Chamber reports tougher Chinese business environment
China European Chamber reports tougher Chinese business environment The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) released its latest position paper at the end of September. The...
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Poverty and income disparity remain big challenges for China
China Poverty and income disparity remain big challenges for China China has spent recent years “battling” poverty, specifically elimination of “absolute poverty” by the end of 2020. The government’...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
Latest forecast revisions see China as sole driver of global growth this year
China Latest forecast revisions see China as sole driver of global growth this year The revised autumn forecasts of the OECD, World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and IMF all agree that Chinese ...
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Growth of China’s economy appears to be stabilising
Growth of China’s economy appears to be stabilising China National Bureau of Statistics reports that the country’s GDP grew by 4.9 % y-o-y in the third quarter, down from an average of 5.5 ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
China and US governments attempt to increase communication to heal frayed economic relations
China and US governments attempt to increase communication to heal frayed economic relations The leadership in both China and the United States have recently stepped up their frequency of meetings an...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023