Recent Russian market swings fairly modest compared to other emerging markets
Russia Recent Russian market swings fairly modest compared to other emerging markets In recent months, foreign investors have been selling their assets in emerging economies. Some of the sell-offs h...
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Outlook for Russian businesses grows cloudier in June
Russia Outlook for Russian businesses grows cloudier in June The monthly PMI readings, which are based on surveys of Russian purchasing managers by market intelligence provider S&P, give a sense...
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IMF forecast sees sharp contraction in Russian economy this year followed by sluggish recovery next year
Russia* IMF forecast sees sharp contraction in Russian economy this year followed by sluggish recovery next year The latest IMF World Economic Outlook, released last week, forecasts a sharp three-pe...
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Gold and wheat exports partly compensated for drop in value of Russian oil exports last year
Gold and wheat exports partly compensated for drop in value of Russian oil exports last year The 21 % contraction in the value of Russian goods exports last year largely reflected the collapse i...
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Kyrgyzstan becomes newest member of Eurasian Economic Union; Kazakhstan completes WTO accession talks
Kyrgyzstan becomes newest member of Eurasian Economic Union; Kazakhstan completes WTO accession talks The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), which includes Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, welcom...
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Covid crisis reduces Russian real incomes to lowest level in a decade
Russia Covid crisis reduces Russian real incomes to lowest level in a decade The real disposable incomes of Russian households were down by nearly 5 % in the first quarter of this year compared...
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Russian foreign trade further on path to recovery, capital flows dwindle
Russia Russian foreign trade further on path to recovery, capital flows dwindle Preliminary balance-of-payments figures released by the Central Bank of Russia for the first quarter show that export ...
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Russian economic output growth slowed and economic imbalances worsened in second half of 2024
Russia,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review Russian economic output growth slowed and economic imbalances worsened in second half of 2024 Slowing in output growth became more apparent at year’s end Prelimina...
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Output in most branches of the Russian economy still below pre-invasion levels
#russia Output in most branches of the Russian economy still below pre-invasion levels Many branches of the Russian economy recorded growth in annual terms in April. The growth mainly reflects the w...
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Russian growth overall slows, in some branches and regions output has declined
Russia,economy,BOFIT Weekly Review Russian growth overall slows, in some branches and regions output has declined Preliminary Rosstat estimates show Russian GDP grew by 1.4 % y-o-y in the first quar...
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Uneven development in Russian regions last year
Russia Uneven development in Russian regions last year Uneven development in Russian regions last year While Russian industrial output and retail sales overall grew by about 1 % last year, industri...
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Russian firms give low marks to government agencies with respect to business environment improvement
Russia Russian firms give low marks to government agencies with respect to business environment improvement Problems in public administration present a long-standing barrier to improving the busines...
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New OPEC+ agreement on oil production ceilings fails to calm markets
Russia* New OPEC+ agreement on oil production ceilings fails to calm markets At a meeting on Monday (Apr. 12) of the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries (led by Saudi Arabia and Russia), the part...
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Russian industrial output grew at a moderate pace last year
Russia Russian industrial output grew at a moderate pace last year Industrial output in 2018 was up 2.9 % from the previous year. However, seasonally-adjusted time series have shown little indicatio...
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EU ban on imports of Russian coal goes into effect
Russia EU ban on imports of Russian coal goes into effect The EU’s ban on imports of Russian coal entered into force on August 10. The EU decision to ban Russian coal, which was made last April, inc...
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Russian oil production volumes fell in April
Russia Russian oil production volumes fell in April The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that Russian crude oil output averaged around 10 million barrels a day in the first three months of ...
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New sanctions reduce export price of Russian oil
Russia,BOFIT Weekly Review New sanctions reduce export price of Russian oil In late October, the United States placed Russia’s two largest oil producers, state-owned Rosneft and privately-held Lukoi...
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Russian ruble has strengthened substantially
Russia Russian ruble has strengthened substantially Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, the ruble-dollar exchange rate stood at about 75 rubles to the dollar. The ruble initially p...
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Recovery in Russian fixed investment
Russia Recovery in Russian fixed investment Recovery in Russian fixed investment The volume of fixed investmentrose by well over 6 % y-o-y in the second quarter. For the first half, growth was near...
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Ruble exchange rate fluctuations in recent weeks fairly muted compared to the huge swings in oil prices
Russia Ruble exchange rate fluctuations in recent weeks fairly muted compared to the huge swings in oil prices Recent weeks have seen large daily moves in oil prices. For example, the price of Urals...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020