US Congress passes long-awaited military assistance package for Ukraine
jurisdiction and use those assets to support Ukraine. In the EU, the discussion on the use of Russian assets to compensate Ukraine has largely focused on seizing income generated by Russia’s ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2024
Government support keeps banking sector stable in first year of war
#Russia Government support keeps banking sector stable in first year of war In Russia’s bank centric financial markets, bank lending pays a significant role in corporate finance. ...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2023
Russian federal budget revenues continue to deteriorate
Russia Russian federal budget revenues continue to deteriorate Nominal revenues to the federal budget in June were up by a meagre 1.5 % y-o-y. This translates to a very large drop in r...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2022
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 ... fell...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Former visitors
of Finance and Economics Mikko Packalen 28.10.–22.11.2019 University of Waterloo Amanda Gregg 21.10.–15.11.2019 Middlebury College Josef Brada 30.9.–25.10.2019 Arizona State University and CERGE-EI Al...
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The EBRD Transition Report 2012 presentation
Mr Alexander Plekhanov, Senior Economist, in the Office of the Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), will present The EBRD Transition Report 2012 Diversifying R...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Research / Seminars / BOFIT seminars 2011–2016 / 2012
Russian government sector finances improved further last year
Russia Russian government sector finances improved further last year Revenues to the consolidated budget (federal, regional and municipal budgets plus state social funds) increased by about...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Recovery in Russian fixed investment remains slow
Russia Recovery in Russian fixed investment remains slow The real volume of fixed investment in the third quarter of this year was up only 0.8 % y-o-y. Growth in the first half was eve...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2019
Russia's goal of halving poverty would not require massive amounts of funds
Russia Russia's goal of halving poverty would not require massive amounts of funds President Putin's inauguration Decree, issued on May 7, includes a goal of cutting Russian poverty in half by...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2018
State enterprises and the state may generate around 40 % of Russian GDP
Russia State enterprises and the state may generate around 40 % of Russian GDP Rosstat reports that in recent years 11–12 % of revenues of all firms and organisations (excluding funding rec...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Recovery in fixed investment in Russia slows
Russia Recovery in fixed investment in Russia slows Fixed investment grew by over 3 % y-o-y in the third quarter, down from growth above 6 % in the second quarter. Investment was u...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russia's public sector finances recover this year; tightening expected next year
Russia Russia's public sector finances recover this year; tightening expected next year Russia's public sector finances recover this year; tightening expected next year The finance ministry pr...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2017
Russian banking sector enjoyed brisk growth last year
Russia Russian banking sector enjoyed brisk growth last year Measured by the final balance sheet total, Russia’s banking sector grew by 12.5 % last year, clearly higher growth...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
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...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
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...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2021
Russia pension terms will tighten gradually for certain government workers
Russia pension terms will tighten gradually for certain government workers A recent change in the law affects those with official posts mainly in administration at federal, regional and muni...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2016
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 pr...
Bofit.fi / BOFIT start page / Monitoring / Weekly Review / 2015
Keynote - Paul De Grauwe.pdf
Geopolitics Session chair: Jan Fidrmuc (LEM, Université de Lille and BOFIT) 10.30-11.15 Geopolitical risk perception – Yevheniia Bondarenko (Deutsche Bundesbank) Discussant: Laura Solanko (BOFI...
Bofit.fi / globalassets / bofit / research / conferences-and-workshops / 2023
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bon0213.pdf
Masaaki (2012). Diagnosing the ‘Russian Disease’: Growth and Structure of the Russian Economy. Comparative Economic Studies, 54, 121-148. Kuboniwa, Masaaki, Shinichiro Tabaka and Natalya Ustinov...
Bofit.fi / globalassets / bofit / tutkimus / tutkimusjulkaisut / policy-brief / documents / 2013