While consumption fell, Russian economic indicators generally point to recovery in November
Russia While consumption fell, Russian economic indicators generally point to recovery in November The economy ministry estimates that Russian GDP contracted by 3.7 % y-o-y in November, i.e. sl...
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Crude oil prices rise above $50 a barrel
Crude oil prices rise above $50 a barrel With a pandemic wiping away demand, the price of crude oil last spring collapsed to unprecedented lows. The price of e.g. Brent crude stabilised at around $40...
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Russian economy continued to recover in July
Russia Russian economy continued to recover in July The covid-19 pandemic hit Russia hard this spring, but the impacts were uneven. It now appears that even most of hard-hit sectors are beginning to...
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Mixed signals on direction of Russian economy
Mixed signals on direction of Russian economy The slide in domestic demand continued in October as seasonally adjusted retail sales, reflecting private consumption which is the largest demand compone...
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Russian foreign trade remains very weak
Russian foreign trade remains very weak The value of Russian goods exports in the third quarter was down nearly 40 % y-o-y in dollar terms and about 25 % in euro terms. Low export prices were largely...
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Russian GDP grew by just 0.6 % last year
Russian GDP grew by just 0.6 % last year 2014 saw a marked slowdown in the pace of economic growth last year from 1.3 % in 2013. Private consumer spending was the main factor supporting growth, but a...
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Moscow stock prices tanked last year
Moscow stock prices tanked last year The Moscow Exchange’s RTS index fell 43 % last year from a high of 1,388 points to 791 points. The steepest drop came in December on the sharp drop in crude oil p...
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Russian economic growth remains sluggish and subject to structural imbalances
Russia,BOFIT Weekly Review Russian economic growth remains sluggish and subject to structural imbalances The Russian economy has continued to grow slowly in recent months, with the overall economic ...
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BOFIT Visiting Researchers Programme - Call Spring/Summer 2026
<p>Call for Spring/Summer 2026</p>
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Digital archives of publication series
Digital archives of publication series All BOFIT publications can be found in digital (PDF) format in the Bank of Finland's institutional repository. The Bank of Finland’s Unit for Eastern Europe...
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Ruble exchange rate turned to drop
Ruble exchange rate turned to drop Ruble exchange rate turned to drop After a long appreciation trend, the ruble has begun to depreciate along with falling oil prices. The price of Urals-grade crude...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / 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), has been...
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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 Soviet r...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
Weak developments expected for Russian government sector revenues and expenditures
Russia Weak developments expected for Russian government sector revenues and expenditures In Russia’s government budget sector framework for 2023–2025, the finance ministry expects revenues to the c...
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Varying performance in Russian manufacturing branches last year
Varying performance in Russian manufacturing branches last year In 2015, the volume of manufacturing output fell 5.4 %. Last year, the output was virtually unchanged from 2015. Credit for ending the ...
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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 releases second loan tranche to Ukraine
IMF releases second loan tranche to Ukraine On July 31, the IMF Board voted to release the second tranche of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) approved last March. The latest tranche was for $1.7 bil...
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IMF lowers its forecast for Russian GDP
IMF lowers its forecast for Russian GDP The IMF’s newest World Economic Outlook projects a nearly one-percentage point deeper contraction in Russian GDP in 2016 than in its January forecast. The IMF ...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
The slide of Russian output deepened in April
The slide of Russian output deepened in April Rosstat reports Russian GDP contracted 1.9 % y-o-y in the first quarter, and that the volume of economic activity as measured by indicators for the five ...
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New financial support measures for Ukraine announced; moderate GDP growth expected next year
Ukraine,BOFIT Weekly Review New financial support measures for Ukraine announced; moderate GDP growth expected next year The EU leaders have just approved a 90 billion EUR financial lifeline to cove...
Bofit.fi / Bofit homepage / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2025