SCO & BRICS latest news and insights
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Central Bank of Russia (CB) of the Russian Federation estimates that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 4.6% in annual terms in the first quarter of this year. By the end of the current quarter, the bank expects this figure to be 4.4%. This information wa...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The national project, "Efficient and Competitive Economy," will be launched in the near future to achieve national goals. This was announced on May 12 by Alexander Novak, the candidate for the post of Deputy Prime Minister, during a meeting of the State Duma Committee on Energy. A...
Nicholas Lardy, from the Washington-based Peterson Institute for the World Economy, is one of the few experts who believe that China can return to its pre-pandemic levels of rapid economic development.
In a Foreign Affairs article, he notes that China faced much more challenging obstacles on the p...
The first quarter ended on a positive note for the Chinese economy. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has once again published optimistic statistics: the Chinese manufacturing PMI index, calculated by Caixin Media and S&P Global, rose to 51.1 points in March, slightly exceeding economists' for...
The Chinese economy's data for the first two months of 2024 has pleased economists and investors. Retail sales increased by 5.5% in January-February, surpassing the forecast of 5.2% by economists surveyed by Reuters. Industrial production also rose by 7%, exceeding the forecast of 5%. Investments in...
An article by Bloomberg has concluded that the Russian economy has fully adapted to the challenging situation it faces. Recently, the government released the forecast data on the country's trajectory towards becoming the 4th largest economy in the world. Experts have identified both opportunities an...
