Russian Federation: Selected Issues
October 20, 2005
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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
Pages:
131
Volume:
2005
DOI:
Issue:
379
Series:
Country Report No. 2005/379
Stock No:
1RUSEA2005003
ISBN:
9781451833140
ISSN:
1934-7685
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Also available online in Russian.
