Forecasters downgrade China’s 2022 GDP growth forecast, see high growth rates for India and predict a lower-than-expected contraction of the Russian economy
China,India,Russia Forecasters downgrade China’s 2022 GDP growth forecast, see high growth rates for India and predict a lower-than-expected contraction of the Russian economy In its latest...
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Eurasian Economic Union is taking steps to harmonize external tariffs and lower internal barriers
Russia Eurasian Economic Union is taking steps to harmonize external tariffs and lower internal barriers The union has evolved on top of earlier economic cooperation agreements among former...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Strict 2018 spending rules approved for Russia's federal budget and pension fund
Russia Strict 2018 spending rules approved for Russia's federal budget and pension fund Federal budget spending is set to contract slightly next year in nominal ruble terms, wh...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
European Commission invites comments on EU-Gazprom gas dispute
European Commission invites comments on EU-Gazprom gas dispute An investigation launched in autumn 2012 into European gas markets initially found that Gazprom violated EU competition rules in many EU ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Significant differences in pace of development in various sectors of the Russian economy
Russia Significant differences in pace of development in various sectors of the Russian economy Manufacturing activity, when measured in the real volume of gross value added produced (GVA),...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Russian government spending cushions fixed investment decline
Russia Russian government spending cushions fixed investment decline In Russia, the real volume of fixed investment declined in the second quarter by about 7.5 % y-o-y. The dr...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
HK-ECC-seminar-April22-2016-SH.pdf
%change on previous year (previous forecast) GDP 2015 2016f 2017f 2018f EU22 1,5 (1,7) 1,4 (1,8) 1,7 (1,9) 1,7 (-) United States 2,4 (2,6) 2,2 (3,0) 2,3 (2,8) 2,2 (-) Japan 0,5 (0,6) 0,4 (1,1) 0,7 ...
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061020ELBratislava.pdf
asymmetric feature in the Finnish economy was the bilateral trade with the Soviet Union. It enabled Finland to pay its higher oil bill by increasing exports to the Soviet Union. Even after the coll...
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061020ELBratislava.pdf
asymmetric feature in the Finnish economy was the bilateral trade with the Soviet Union. It enabled Finland to pay its higher oil bill by increasing exports to the Soviet Union. Even after the coll...
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Russian central bank again passes on rate change
Russian central bank again passes on rate change The Central Bank of Russia’s key rate has remained at 11 % for over four months now. In its decision to leave rates untouched the CBR emphas...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Russian federal budget produces strong first half surplus
Russia Russian federal budget produces strong first half surplus Budget revenues in the first half of 2019 climbed 10 % y-o-y in nominal rubles, even when the high pace of growth that ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Rosstat reports Russian GDP up 1.3 % in 2019; revises figures for previous years
Russia Rosstat reports Russian GDP up 1.3 % in 2019; revises figures for previous years Last year, Russian GDP grew at its slowest pace in three years as growth averaged slightly over ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
Price tags on Putin's new economic initiatives revealed
Russia Price tags on Putin's new economic initiatives revealed Prime minister Dmitri Medvedev's initial assessment of president Putin's May Decree is that implementation over th...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Russian central bank and economy ministry expect sluggish recovery in coming years
Russian central bank and economy ministry expect sluggish recovery in coming years The latest forecasts of the CBR and economy ministry both see Russian GDP increasing by 1–2 % a year during 2017–2020...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
China’s competitiveness unchanged relative to other countries
China’s competitiveness unchanged relative to other countries The World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) rankings of 140 countries put China this year in 28th place. China has h...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Russia's special supplement to defence spending also affects next year
Russia's special supplement to defence spending also affects next year In the budget policy framework for 2017‒2019, the finance ministry foresees that defence spending will decrease sharply after...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Immediate impacts of US election results on the Russian economy appear minimal
Immediate impacts of US election results on the Russian economy appear minimal The immediate fallout from announcement on Wednesday (Nov. 9) morning of Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trum...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Tight budgets and uncertainty currently dominate Russian economic policy
Tight budgets and uncertainty currently dominate Russian economic policy Persistent low oil prices and the weak economy have forced Russian policymakers to balance between budget cuts and stimulus mea...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Chinese presence in energy projects in Russian Far East set to increase
Chinese presence in energy projects in Russian Far East set to increase As before, during president Vladimir Putin’s official state visit to China on Saturday (June 25) dozens of agreements for variou...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Oil price down sharply in July, ruble follows
Oil price down sharply in July, ruble follows Global crude oil prices hit their peak this year early in June, when the price of Urals-grade crude approached the $50-a-barrel mark. The oil price has si...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016