## Russian Federation: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation

_IMF Staff Country Reports, September 30, 2004_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: September 30, 2004
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451833072.002

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### Executive summary and key findings
- The report highlights the Data Module and the response by the authorities for the Russian Federation’s Article IV Consultation.
- Russia’s statistical system has made good progress in adopting international statistical methodologies to capture the country’s transition to a market economy.
- These improvements have been achieved notwithstanding the statistical challenges posed by extraordinary economic events during the transition, including the financial crisis of 1998.
- Appropriate measures are taken in the assessment and validation of source data, intermediate data, and statistical outputs.
- The report is also available online in Russian.

### Analytical focus and themes
- Assessment of statistical methodologies and their alignment with international standards.
- Evaluation of the statistical system’s capability to reflect structural economic transition.
- Treatment of data quality issues arising from extraordinary economic events (explicitly noting the financial crisis of 1998).
- Documentation of authorities’ responses related to data modules.

### Topics and keywords
- Subject:
  - Correspondent banking
  - External debt
  - Financial services
  - Inflation
  - Oil prices
  - Prices
  - Public debt
- Keywords:
  - Correspondent banking
  - CR
  - GDP
  - Global
  - headline inflation
  - Inflation
  - ISCR
  - oil price
  - Oil prices
  - oil revenue
  - oil stabilization fund
  - price
  - revenue
  - ruble appreciation

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