Russian Federation: Selected Issues

October 20, 2005

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Russian Federation: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed September 21, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the entrenched inflation in Russia. It presents a possible explanation for the entrenched inflation stating that the Russian economy is facing increasing supply-side constraints in goods and labor markets. The paper focuses on measuring the performance of fiscal policy in Russia. It examines capital structures and vulnerabilities for the corporate sector in Russia. Recent developments and remaining challenges for the Russian banking sector are analyzed. Terms of trade and economic growth in the Former Soviet Union are also discussed.

Subject: Fiscal policy, International trade, Prices, Production

Keywords: Africa, Arithmetic trend, Baltics, Bank, Capacity utilization, Central and Eastern Europe, CR, Fiscal stance, Global, ISCR, Oil price balance, Oil prices, Oil revenue, Output gap, Output gap estimate, Terms of trade, Terms of trade growth, Terms of trade shock, Western Europe

Publication Details

Pages:

131
Volume:

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DOI:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2005/379
Stock No:

1RUSEA2005003
ISBN:

9781451833140
ISSN:

1934-7685

Notes

Also available online in Russian.

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