Unpredictability of administrative regulation diminishes corporate investment appetite in Russia
Unpredictability of administrative regulation diminishes corporate investment appetite in Russia The World Bank recently published a study (Levina & al. 2016) that examines how informal ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
Russia posts declines in gas production and gas exports
Russia Russia posts declines in gas production and gas exports Rosstat reports that Russian gas production contracted in the first six months of this year by 7 % from 1H21. Gas giant Ga...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Fresh BOFIT forecast sees Russian GDP and imports contracting slightly further in 2016
Fresh BOFIT forecast sees Russian GDP and imports contracting slightly further in 2016 Russia’s economy has shrunk substantially this year, in response to the collapse of oil prices in 2014....
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
China and Russia most active in imposing trade barriers on EU countries
China China and Russia most active in imposing trade barriers on EU countries According to the EU’s Access2Markets database, China currently imposes 40 different trade barriers that inhibit...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Ruble sinks even as Russia’s current account surplus grows
Ruble sinks even as Russia’s current account surplus grows Current account surplus increased in the third quarter Preliminary figures released by the Central Bank of Russia show the...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
BOFIT-Venäjä-tietoisku-2022.pdf
valtiolliselle suunnittelulle ja jaolle Sellainen, joka perustuu yksityisomistukselle ja markkinasuhteille En osaa sanoa Propaganda ja poliittinen kyynisyys Paul Shields (2021), ´Killing Poli...
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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, giv...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Ruble remains weak
oil prices and fading capital outflows from Russia, the ruble-dollar rate has in past days still stood at around 63 and the ruble-euro rate around 69. Thus, the ruble is still clearly weaker ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
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...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
Large disparities in Russian regional economic development
Large disparities in Russian regional economic development Apart from the Siberia and Far East federal districts, manufacturing output has risen over the past 3−4 years continuously in Russia’s
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Russia posts sluggish 2019 growth performance
Russia Russia posts sluggish 2019 growth performance As many analysts expected, Russian GDP growth slowed last year. In the first nine months of 2019, GDP rose by just 1.1 % y-o-y. Grow...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2020
Russian defence spending large, even after declines
Russia Russian defence spending large, even after declines Russian government defence spending fell slightly in nominal ruble terms last year. In real terms, defence spending is down, but r...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Employment in Russia returns to pre-recession levels as unemployment drops to historical lows
Russia Employment in Russia returns to pre-recession levels as unemployment drops to historical lows The 2020 recession was brief and rather shallow, causing the number of employed...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
BOFIT sees Russian economy continuing moderate growth in coming years
Russia,forecast BOFIT sees Russian economy continuing moderate growth in coming years Lifted by higher oil prices, Russian GDP has returned to positive growth this year as anticipated. BOFI...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
National Welfare Fund assets invested in yuan-denominated debt securities
Russia National Welfare Fund assets invested in yuan-denominated debt securities At the beginning of March, the value of Russia’s National Welfare Fund (NWF) stood at $183 billion,...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Views of Russian authorities differ slightly on outlooks for the economy’s recovery; oil prices and the ruble slide
Views of Russian authorities differ slightly on outlooks for the economy’s recovery; oil prices and the ruble slide Several official authorities in Russia last spring proclaimed the worst o...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Kyrgyzstan becomes newest member of Eurasian Economic Union; Kazakhstan completes WTO accession talks
Kazakhstan completes WTO accession talks The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), which includes Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia, welcomed the entry of Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday (Aug. 12). T...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
CBR kept key rate unchanged and released updated economic forecast
Russia CBR kept key rate unchanged and released updated economic forecast October 28, the Central Bank of Russia decided to keep its key rate at 7.5 %. Most analysts expected ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Weaker revenues and higher spending reign Russia’s federal and regional budgets
Russia Weaker revenues and higher spending reign Russia’s federal and regional budgets Due to various revenue streams other than oil & gas tax revenues, the slide in nominal fe...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
Russia imposes currency controls to deal with the ruble’s collapse
Russia Russia imposes currency controls to deal with the ruble’s collapse Because sanctions limit the Central Bank of Russia’s possibilities to use its foreign currency reserves to ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022