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Improved profitability of Russian firms early this year gave support to paying down foreign debt

Improved profitability of Russian firms early this year gave support to paying down foreign debt Even entering recession, corporate sector profits relative to GDP in the early months of this year soa...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015

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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...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020

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...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022

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...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017

Russian federal budget revenue streams at low level; spending continues to rise

Russia Russian federal budget revenue streams at low level; spending continues to rise As in September, nominal federal budget revenues dwindled by about 4 % a year in October. Even though the ...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022

Credit rating agency Moody’s upgrades Russian sovereign debt

Russia Credit rating agency Moody’s upgrades Russian sovereign debt On February 8, Moody’s upgraded Russia’s credit rating score by a notch from Ba1 to Baa3, its tenth-best rating score. Bonds in th...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Growth in Russian government sector spending accelerates

Russia Growth in Russian government sector spending accelerates Expenditures of the consolidated budget (federal, regional and municipal budgets, plus state social funds) increased in the third quar...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Moderate rise in Russian government spending

Russia Moderate rise in Russian government spending Revenues to Russia’s consolidated budget (federal, regional and municipal budgets plus state social funds) in the first half of this year were up ...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

Russian president tours East Asia

Russia Russian president tours East Asia On April 25, Vladimir Putin hosted North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un in Vladivostok. He then continued to Beijing to participate in the Belt and Road Forum wh...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019

CBR raises key rate and announces resumption of the fiscal-rule forex buying in January

Russia CBR raises key rate and announces resumption of the fiscal-rule forex buying in January The Central Bank of Russia decided to raise the key rate by 25 basis points to 7.75 %. The increas...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018

March PMI indicators suggest Russian economy already contracting

Russia March PMI indicators suggest Russian economy already contracting Readings of the Markit Economics purchasing manager indices for March show contractions in both manufacturing and service bran...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022

Procurements of public sector and state-owned enterprises in 2016 exceeded 30 % of Russian GDP

Procurements of public sector and state-owned enterprises in 2016 exceeded 30 % of Russian GDP Theeconomy ministry reports that public procurements in Russia last year were valued at 5.3 trillion rub...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017

Increase in profits of Russian firms supports capital flows abroad and to banks

Increase in profits of Russian firms supports capital flows abroad and to banks Despite a recessionary economy, profits of Russian companies were up again in January-May relative e.g. to companies’ b...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016

Forecasts see smaller slide for Russian economy than earlier

Forecasts see smaller slide for Russian economy than earlier Both the IMF World Economic Outlook update released this month and the July consensus forecast of various major forecasters see Russian GD...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016

Russian central bank again lowers its key rate

Russia Russian central bank again lowers its key rate Last Friday (July 24), the Central Bank of Russia’s board of directors decided to lower the key rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 %. It was t...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020

CBR keeps rates unchanged, but adjusts guidance

CBR keeps rates unchanged, but adjusts guidance At its scheduled meeting last Friday (Jan. 29), the Central Bank of Russia’s board decided to leave the key rate unchanged at 11 %, the same level it h...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016

Russian stock market performance reflects low oil prices and ruble slide

Russian stock market performance reflects low oil prices and ruble slide Russia’s main RTS share index, calculated in dollars, fell 4 % last year on the drop in oil prices and the ruble’s weak exchan...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016

Robust increase in Russian government revenues, substantial budget surpluses

Russia Robust increase in Russian government revenues, substantial budget surpluses Revenues to the consolidated budget (federal, regional and local budgets, plus government social funds) in the fir...

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Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018

Higher oil prices drove growth in earnings from Russian goods exports in first half

Russia Higher oil prices drove growth in earnings from Russian goods exports in first half The value of goods exports (measured in dollars) was up by 27 % in the first half of this year compared to ...

Subject: Russia ; Venäjä

Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018