Death rate in Russia hit historical high last year; covid infections soar.

Subjects: DEATH rate; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2RUSSIA

• Source: BOFIT Weekly; 2/4/2022, Issue 5, p1-1, 1p

• Abstract: Russia's birth rate again shrank slightly and themortality rate soared. BOFIT Viikkokatsaus / BOFIT Weekly 2022/05 Preliminary Rosstat figures put Russia's population atthe end of 2021 at 143 million ... Copyright of BOFIT Weekly is the property of Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition and its content may ...

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Despite intense suppression strategy, covid infections in China on the rise.

Subjects: COVID-19; VACCINE manufacturing; COVID-19 pandemicCHINA

• Source: BOFIT Weekly; 1/14/2022, Issue 2, p1-2, 2p

• Abstract: Although the numbers of confirmed covid-19 cases in China are still miniscule (150-250 cases a day), the country has resorted to ... Copyright of BOFIT Weekly is the property of Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition and its content may ...

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Covid case rates up in mainland China and Hong Kong.

Subjects: COVID-19; ACTIONS & defenses (Law); COVID-19 pandemicHONG Kong (China); CHINA

• Source: BOFIT Weekly; 3/11/2022, Issue 10, p1-1, 1p, 1 Color Photograph

• Abstract: China has not approved the mRNA vaccines used in the West, preferring to stay with more traditional inactivated virus vaccines manufactured in China. Hong Kong ... Copyright of BOFIT Weekly is the property of Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition and its content may ...

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Russia's invasion also causing economic damage to Ukraine.

Subjects: COVID-19 pandemic; ECONOMIC impact of disease; NATURAL disastersUKRAINE; RUSSIAINTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund

• Source: BOFIT Weekly; 3/18/2022, Issue 11, p5-5, 1p

• Abstract: On March 11, the EU granted Ukraine the first 300-million-euro (about $330 million) tranche of a 1.2-billion-euro loan under the EU's Macro-FinancialAssistance (MFA) programme. BOFIT Viikkokatsaus / BOFIT ... Copyright of BOFIT Weekly is the property of Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition and its content may ...

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Russia was Finland's sixth-largest export market in 2021.

Subjects: EXPORT marketing; PETROLEUM; COVID-19 pandemic

• Source: BOFIT Weekly; 3/4/2022, Issue 9, p2-2, 1p

• Abstract: BOFIT Viikkokatsaus / BOFIT Weekly 2022/09 Preliminary figures from Statistics Finland show that thevalue of Finland's exports of goods and services toRussia last year amounted to 4.4 billion ... Copyright of BOFIT Weekly is the property of Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition and its content may ...

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Covid crisis reduces Russian real incomes to lowest level in a decade.

Subjects: COVID-19 pandemic; REAL income

• Source: BOFIT Weekly; 5/14/2021, Issue 19, p1-2, 2p

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Latest BOFIT Forecast for China sees GDP growth falling below pre-pandemic levels in 2022 and 2023.

Subjects: ECONOMIC forecasting; GROSS domestic product; COVID-19 pandemicCHINA

• Source: BOFIT Weekly; 9/24/2021, Issue 38, p1-1, 1p, 1 Graph

• Abstract: Our most recent Forecast for China 2021-2023, published last week, sees China's on-year GDP growth hitting 8 % this year. GRAPH: China's GDP growth, factors contributing to ... Copyright of BOFIT Weekly is the property of Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition and its content may ...

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International Monetary Fund predicts high economic growth this year for rich economies and tepid growth for many emerging economies.

• Authors : BOFIT VIIKKOKATSAUS

Subjects: EMERGING markets; ECONOMIC expansion; COVID-19 pandemicINTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund

• Source: BOFIT Weekly; 8/6/2021, Issue 31, p1-2, 2p, 1 Chart

• Abstract: The IMF's July World Economic Outlook sees global growth at 6 % this year (i.e. no change from its April WEO). If the IMF forecast materialises, ... Copyright of BOFIT Weekly is the property of Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition and its content may ...

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After a long pause, Ukraine receives new loan tranche from the IMF.

Subjects: COVID-19 pandemicUKRAINEINTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund; UNITED States. Small Business Administration. Office of Advocacy

• Source: BOFIT Weekly; 11/26/2021, Issue 47, p1-1, 1p

• Abstract: On Monday (Oct. 22), the executive board of theInternational Monetary Fund granted Ukraine a loantranche of $700 million under its Stand-By Arrangement(SBA) programme agreed last June (... Copyright of BOFIT Weekly is the property of Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition and its content may ...

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Russia launches action plan until 2025 under its programme of population policy.

Subjects: POPULATION policy; COVID-19 pandemic; DEMOGRAPHIC changeRUSSIAPUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-

• Source: BOFIT Weekly; 11/12/2021, Issue 45, p1-1, 1p

• Abstract: The plan is the final phase of the population policy guidelineapproved by president Vladimir Putin in 2007. The base scenario of Russia's population forecast prepared inlate ... Copyright of BOFIT Weekly is the property of Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition and its content may ...

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