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Aleksey Vedev, Head of Financial Department of the Gaidar Institute, took part in the expert session of the Coordinating club of the Free Economic Society of Russia, dedicated to the topic “Planning in the realities of global transformation: new approaches, issues and solutions.”

Sergei Tsukhlo, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Head of the Business Surveys Department of the Gaidar Institute told EADaily about the worsening momentum of the euro area manufacturing. In November, the pan-European Industrial Confidence Indicator kept falling further. Sergei Tsukhlo explained how this correlated with the situation in the Russian industry.

The RBK  has published the opinion of Alexander Knobel, Head of the International Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute that Russia has increased supplies of uranium and palladium to the US since October 2022.

Alexei Vedev, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute took part in Alexei Mamantov’s special project “Economy and Finance” on the “Naidi Mamonta” YouTube channel.

Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute commented to the Agroinvestor on the RF Ministry of Agriculture’s statement on stability of the pricing situation in the agricultural sector.

The utilization of Russian industrial capacities reached its maximum since the beginning of 1990s, having amounted to 78.5% in October, said Sergei Tsukhlo, Head of the Business Surveys Department of the Gaidar Institute in an interview with  the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily.  Sergei Tsukhlo explained that this record was related with the exit of some suppliers, import substitution and a nearly year-long special military operation.

Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute commented to the Agroinvestor on the RF Ministry of Agriculture’s statement on stability of the pricing situation in the agricultural sector.

The Vedomosti daily published the opinion of Alexander Knobel, Head of the International Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute on a slowdown of the inflation rate in the euro area for the first time in 18 months.

In her interview with the Agroinvestor, Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agrarian Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute has commented on the news that the area of unutilized agricultural land has decreased.

The Nezavisiamaya gazeta has published the opinion of Igor Efremov, Researcher of the International Demography and Human Capital Department of the Gaidar Institute that maternity capital has become a counter-effective demographic instrument.

The financial authorities do not make a secret that the Russians will have to save extra for ensuring their decent old age, reports  the Nezavisimaya gazeta. Olga Izryadnaya, Head of the Structural Economic Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute has noted that today’s workers should start saving money as early as possible right from their first paycheck.

Alexei Vedev, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute has commented on the RBK’s survey by SberCIB analysts who claim that budget deficit financing will drive up inflation by 3.9 p.p.–4.5 p.p. in Russia in 2023.

In his interview with the Govorit Moskva radio station, Alexei Vedev, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Head of the Financial Studies Department of the Gaidar Institute said that it was rather complicated to implement modernization programs at the USD/RUR exchange rate of Rb70-Rb80 per $1.

The Kommersant daily has published Rosstat’s data pointing in the industry’s slow recovery. Further, Sergei Tsukhlo, Head of the Business Surveys Department of the Gaidar Institute noted earlier that after the partial mobilization the sector’s labor shortages had become more acute and demand and output had decreased somewhat.

The draft federal budget for 2023 and the planning period 2024–2025 submitted by the Russian government to parliament provides for the use of funds generated by federal property privatization as a separate source of federal budget deficit financing. At the same time, the draft of the relevant federal law itself, just as the similar document submitted a year ago did, contains no information on the specific amount of income from privatization either in its main text or in the appendices. It is only in the explanatory note and some attached materials that the funds coming from federal property privatization are earmarked, alongside government borrowing, as an independent source of federal budget deficit financing.

Alexander Deryugin, researcher at the Budget Policy Department of the Gaidar Institute, shared with the Izvestia media outlet his opinion on the uneven distribution of budget expenditure throughout the year.