SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang announced in Davos that China's GDP grew by 5.2% in 2023. This exceeds the goal of around 5% set by Xi Jinping and the CPC in March of the previous year.
However, according to the New York Times and other Western publications, the leadership of C...
By Rhod Mackenzie
According to a review by the Association of Russian Banks , the share of developing countries, including Russia, in global GDP will exceed 60% by 2026. This indicates a shift in the balance of power in the world economy, as developing countries are no longer peripheral. The Minis...
In Q3 2023, foreign central banks increased their international reserves to almost a trillion dollars, with nearly 8% of the assets being undisclosed. No new content has been added. In Q3 2023, foreign central banks increased their international reserves to almost a trillion dollars, with nearly 8%...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Europe and Russia started 2024 on different paths. Germany, the EU's largest economy, has experienced a record decline in its locomotive industry over the past three years. Conversely, Russia's locomotive industry has soared to its highest level in the last seven years, despite W...
By Rhod Mackenzie
In 2023, the Russian economy coped with such external challenges that no other country in the world has ever faced. In the new year, solving more internal economic problems will come to the fore. Will Russia be able to defeat inflation and increase budget revenues? Here we list a...
By T.N. Ninan
Continuing with last weekend’s quarter-century theme, it is instructive to look back at the long-term forecast that captured the world’s imagination early in the new century.
Famously (some would say infamously), Goldman Sachs forecast that four emerging “BRICS” economies (Brazil,...
