Russia’s foreign currency and gold reserves hit record high
Russia Russia’s foreign currency and gold reserves hit record high At an estimated $630 billion, Russia had the world’s fifth largest foreign currency and gold reserves at the end o...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Hundreds of foreign firms continue to do business in Russia despite huge risks
firms continue to do business in Russia despite huge risks With Russia’s all-out war of aggression on Ukraine in February 2022 and the wide-ranging economic sanctions it triggered,...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
Latest BOFIT forecast sees Russian economy contracting by 4 % this year and imports falling by 25 %
Russia Latest BOFIT forecast sees Russian economy contracting by 4 % this year and imports falling by 25 % While Ukraine bears the heaviest humanitarian and economic losses from <...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
First highway bridge across the Amur river joining Russia and China is finally ready
Russia First highway bridge across the Amur river joining Russia and China is finally ready China and Russia signed an initial agreement on construction of the Amur road b...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Russia’s goods trade surplus last year was larger than before
Russia Russia’s goods trade surplus last year was larger than before Russian customs reports that in 2018 the country’s goods trade surplus climbed to 212 billion dollars, or roughly 12 ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Russia was ranked the 43th most competitive country by the World Economic Forum this year
Russia Russia was ranked the 43th most competitive country by the World Economic Forum this year The annual Global Competitiveness Report released last week included 140 countries. Russi...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Russian natural gas production grew briskly last year
Russia Russian natural gas production grew briskly last year After declining three years in a row, Russian natural gas production increased 8 % last year reaching 690 billion cubic metres (...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Russian population in decline
population in decline At the end of last year, Russia has 146.2 million people living permanently in the country. Excluding the population living in Crimea, illegally annexed in 2014, Ru...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024
060505PHWurzburg.pdf
almost all industries and sectors. Almost every country has felt the Chinese impact, in one way or another. This has caused a need for adaptation, which has been quite hard in some areas and i...
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060505PHWurzburg.pdf
almost all industries and sectors. Almost every country has felt the Chinese impact, in one way or another. This has caused a need for adaptation, which has been quite hard in some areas and i...
Bofit.fi / globalassets / sv / medier-och-publikationer / tal-och-intervjuer / documents
060505PHWurzburg.pdf
almost all industries and sectors. Almost every country has felt the Chinese impact, in one way or another. This has caused a need for adaptation, which has been quite hard in some areas and i...
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prospects. Geopolitical risks, relating mostly to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and tensions in major oil- producing countries, persisted throughout the year, but their direct impa...
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sijaluvut ** % vuoden 2010 kansantulosta asukasta kohden (joka oli 9 910 dollaria) *** % kiinteistön arvosta (varastorakennus ja tontti) Venäjä Maailmanpankki julkaisi selvityksen ...
Bofit.fi / globalassets / bofit / seuranta / viikkokatsaus / 2012
Private sector capital flows between Russia and abroad remain modest
Private sector capital flows between Russia and abroad remain modest
Preliminary balance-of-payments figures show private sector net capital flow reversed in the third quarter mildly into
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Information briefings
Information briefings BOFIT organises BOFIT tietoisku events twice a year. Events are held in Finnish. We focus on China topics on winter event and Russia topics on spring/summer e...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring
Moscow stock exchange’s dollar-denominated RTS index declined 8 % last year
Russia Moscow stock exchange’s dollar-denominated RTS index declined 8 % last year With over half of the RTS general index weighting consisting of companies in the oil and gas sector, ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Capital flows between Russia and the rest of the world remain small
Capital flows between Russia and the rest of the world remain small Especially in light of seasonal variations, the net flow of private capital abroad was very small in the first quarter. Li...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Dry summer reduces Russian harvest
Russia Dry summer reduces Russian harvest Data from the beginning of November show Russia’s grain harvest this year was about 15 % smaller than last year. Last year’s harvest,...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Russian oil production hits peak in September
Russia Russian oil production hits peak in September Russia’s energy ministry reports that Russian crude oil production in September exceeded by a small margin its previous pe...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Foreign bank lending to Russia has declined notably
Russia Foreign bank lending to Russia has declined notably The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) reports that the total lending of foreign banks to Russia at the en...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018