SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
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,...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The expansion of BRICS to include five new countries will come into force on January 1. This will lead to their total GDP at purchasing power parity exceeding a third of the world's. Additionally, proven oil reserves will increase several times.
During the BRICS summit in South...
By Rhod Mackenzie
While the economies of the European Union (EU) states are slipping into recession, Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) is growing. Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, announced on December 19 on his social media page.
He st...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The October figures for China's industrial production and retail sales were better than expected, indicating that the long-awaited recovery of the world's second-largest economy may be on the horizon. T However, the construction industry remains in a deep crisis, hindering its pr...
