Coronavirus epidemic having wide-ranging impacts on Chinese economy
China Coronavirus epidemic having wide-ranging impacts on Chinese economy The coronavirus outbreak, first reported at the end of last year from Wuhan, the capital and largest city in Hubei province ...
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Cautious signs of economic recovery in China
Cautious signs of economic recovery in China The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) this month has reported a number of figures for January and February. One reason for presenting multi-month number...
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Borrowing demand remains subdued despite PBoC efforts to boost bank lending
China Borrowing demand remains subdued despite PBoC efforts to boost bank lending The government meeting last week produced a flurry of promises about measures to support the economy, but many still...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Significant weakening of Russia’s government finances
#russia Significant weakening of Russia’s government finances Budget revenues declined while spending still increased even after a pull-back Russia’s government budget revenues have slipped in recen...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
Russian first-quarter GDP contracted by 2 % on year
#russia Russian first-quarter GDP contracted by 2 % on year Rosstat’s preliminary estimate suggests that Russian GDP contracted by 2 % y-o-y during the January-March period. The rate of contrac...
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Chinese inflation remains remarkably low
Chinese inflation remains remarkably low China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reports that the 12-month rise in consumer prices slowed to just 1 % in February. Consumer prices were up by ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
China’s National People’s Congress convenes to approve policy agenda, targets, administrative reforms and budget
China’s National People’s Congress convenes to approve policy agenda, targets, administrative reforms and budget China’s highest decision-making body, the National People’s Congress, is currently con...
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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,...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Russia’s GDP growth last year higher than expected; lower growth ahead
Russia’s GDP growth last year higher than expected; lower growth ahead Preliminary figures suggest surprisingly robust Russian GDP growth in 2023 Rosstat last week released its preliminary 2023 data,...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024
BOFIT expects Chinese economic growth to slow in coming years
BOFIT expects Chinese economic growth to slow in coming years On Monday (Oct. 30), BOFIT released its latest Forecast for China 2023–2025 and held a briefing in Finnish on the Chinese economy (here)....
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
BOFIT Forecast 2021−2023 for Russia sees recovery amid exceptionally large risks
Russia BOFIT Forecast 2021−2023 for Russia sees recovery amid exceptionally large risks Our latest Forecast for Russia sees Russian GDP recovering from last year’s 3 % dip by growing nearly 3&#...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Growth of China’s credit stock slowed last year; PBoC moves ahead with targeted monetary easing
China,BOFIT Weekly Review Growth of China’s credit stock slowed last year; PBoC moves ahead with targeted monetary easing The stock of bank loans grew by 6.2 % last year. While this rate was lower t...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2026
Local government borrowing drives growth in China’s aggregate financing
China,BOFIT Weekly Review Local government borrowing drives growth in China’s aggregate financing The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) reported that aggregate financing to the real economy (AFRE), a br...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025
Despite ongoing strong export growth, China’s economy slowed overall in July
China,Economy,BOFIT Weekly Review Despite ongoing strong export growth, China’s economy slowed overall in July China’s core economic indicators for July reflected the impacts of American tariffs and...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025
Trade war will hit Chinese economic growth
China,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review Trade war will hit Chinese economic growth Many institutions have been modelling the possible impacts of tariffs on economic growth using a variety of scenarios. As...
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Russian competition bureau has plenty on its plate
Russia Russian competition bureau has plenty on its plate As part of the release of the 13th annual report of Russia’s competition agency, the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS), agency head Igor A...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
IMF Article IV consultation reiterates calls for Russia to maintain economic stability and move on reforms
Russia IMF Article IV consultation reiterates calls for Russia to maintain economic stability and move on reforms The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reports that Russian GDP grew by 0.5 % a&...
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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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Falling prices make foreign investors wary about mainland China stock markets
China Falling prices make foreign investors wary about mainland China stock markets As scheduled, the weight of Mainland Chinese shares was increased in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index at the beginn...
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China critical to resolving global climate issues
China critical to resolving global climate issues The United Nation’s COP28 opened on Thursday (Nov. 30) in the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. This year’s 2-week event (Conference of the ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023