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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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, ...
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Transient factors accounted for some of India’s recent robust GDP growth performance
India,BOFIT Weekly Review Transient factors accounted for some of India’s recent robust GDP growth performance Latest data show that Indian GDP in July-September grew 8.2 % y-o-y. Private consumptio...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025
Ukraine’s growth slows; foreign financing remains a critical source of budget funding
Ukraine,economy Ukraine’s growth slows; foreign financing remains a critical source of budget funding Ukraine’s GDP growth depressed by destruction of its energy sector Preliminary figures released...
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Uncertainty over foreign aid clouds Ukraine’s otherwise better-than-expected economic performance
#ukraine Uncertainty over foreign aid clouds Ukraine’s otherwise better-than-expected economic performance Ukraine’s macroeconomic situation relatively stable Preliminary figures from the State Stat...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024
The United States remains China’s top final export destination
China,BOFIT Weekly Review The United States remains China’s top final export destination At the beginning of September, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) updated its T...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025
US reciprocal tariff deadline arrives
BOFIT Weekly Review,world economy US reciprocal tariff deadline arrives Following United States president Donald Trump’s announcement of the “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs on April 2, the US of...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025
The United States and emerging economies have become the engines of global growth
The United States and emerging economies have become the engines of global growth Global economic growth in the second half of 2023 slightly exceeded forecasts thanks to robust growth in the US and c...
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Meeting of presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping yields no notable improvements in US-China economic relations
Meeting of presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping yields no notable improvements in US-China economic relations On Wednesday (Nov. 15), US president Joe Biden and Chinese president Xi Jinping met in San...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
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 ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025
European firms report increased uncertainty surrounding China’s business environment
European firms report increased uncertainty surrounding China’s business environment The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (European Chamber) in late September released a position paper cal...
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BOFIT Visiting Researchers programme
visiting researchers programme,researchers BOFIT Visiting Researchers programme BOFIT Visiting Researchers scheme enables academics and researchers to spend a period of time conducting research at B...
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WTO warns of rising protectionism ahead of G20 summit
China WTO warns of rising protectionism ahead of G20 summit On Monday (Jun. 24), the World Trade Organization released its 21st Monitoring Report on G20 trade measures. New measures to restrict impo...
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China seeks to create new engines of growth through innovation
#china China seeks to create new engines of growth through innovation China’s leaders have long stressed the importance of moving closer to the technological frontier. The earlier process of catchin...
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BOFIT expects relatively low growth for China over the next two years
China* BOFIT expects relatively low growth for China over the next two years China is experiencing its third year of pandemic disruption and zero-covid policies. This situation has increased uncerta...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Growth of China’s CIPS payment system remained brisk last year
China Growth of China’s CIPS payment system remained brisk last year The People’s Bank of China reports that its yuan-based Cross-border International Payment System (CIPS) handled nearly 15,000 pay...
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Chinese demand unlikely to revive global oil market over the short term
China Chinese demand unlikely to revive global oil market over the short term The volume of crude oil imports to China over the first three months of this year increased by 5 % y-o-y (value up ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020