Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agricultural Policy Department, Gaidar Institute told theNezavisimaya Gazeta daily about the expediency of food subsidies.
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MICROFINANCE MARKET: 2021 OUTCOME AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
11 april 2022
In 2021, the stabilization of the macroeconomic situation fueled growth of both the microfinance market and the performance of microfinance institutions, notes Sergey Zubov, candidate of economic sciences, senior researcher at the Structural Research Department, IAES RANEPA.
ALEXEI VEDEV: “DEPARTURE FROM THE SAVINGS POLICY IS THE GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CRISIS MEASURE
11 april 2022
Alexei Vedev, Head of the Financial Studies Department, Gaidar Institute commented to MK.RU on the RF Government’s decision to suspend the fiscal rule in respect of utilization of additional federal budget oil and gas revenues in 2022. In Alexei Vedev’s opinion, it is an absolutely rationale decision aimed at stabilizing the Russian rouble’s exchange rate and facilitating a financial and macroeconomic stability.
SERGEI ZUBOV ON THE IMPACT OF INFLATION UNCERTAINTY ON THE RUSSIANS’ MOOD
10 april 2022
The Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily published the opinion of Sergei Zubov, Senior Research Associate of the Financial Studies Department, Gaidar Institute on whether the Russian economy would be able to keep within the projected inflation rate of 20%.
SERGEY DROBYSHEVSKY SPOKE ON THREATS THAT RUSSIANS MIGHT FACE IN THE EVENT OF DEFAULT
09 april 2022
A default will have no impact on the lives of Russians. More significant consequences may arise from new sanctions, if any. For example, Russian companies could be completely banned from trading. This is the opinion of Sergey Drobyshevsky, Doctor of economic sciences and Scientific Director of the Gaidar Institute, in a conversation with E1.RU.
NATALIA SHAGAIDA: “CAN RUSSIAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS INFLUENCE GEOPOLITICS?”
05 april 2022
Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department of the Gaidar Institute, summed up the statement by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, that Russia should supply food and crops only to friendly countries. Talking to “Ridus”, she noted that she would consider Medvedev's declaration solely as a political statement.
SERGEY TSUKHLO: “BUSINESS OPTIMISM OF THE RUSSIAN IDUSTRY SHOWED UNPRECEDENTED fall”
04 april 2022
Sergey Tsukhlo, Head of Business Surveys Laboratory of the Gaidar Institute, told “Nezavisimaya gazeta” that business optimism in the Russian industry has shown the biggest drop in the history of its estimates since 1993.
NATALIA SHAGAIDA COMMENTED ON THE REASONS FOR RISING COST OF FOODSTUFFS
01 april 2022
Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department of the Gaidar Institute, explained to Agroinvest the main reasons for the rising cost of foodstuffs.
SERGEY TSUKHLO: “INVESTMENT PLANS OF ENTERPRISES HAVE GONE THROUGH UNPRECEDENTED DROP IN MARCH”
01 april 2022
According to Kommersant, the final version of the economic surveys of Russian industry in March 2022 conducted by the Gaidar Institute (IEP) contains not only estimates of the current situation, but also expectations of companies. The investment plans of enterprises experienced an unprecedented decline in March (see chart), says Sergey Tsukhlo, Head of Business Surveys Department of the Gaidar Institute.
NATALIA SHAGAIDA SPOKE ON WHY CONTROLS SHOULD NOT BE TIGHTENED IN AGRIBUSINESS
01 april 2022
The Accounts Chamber audited the effectiveness of subsidies provided to agro-industrial complex (AIC) and revealed violations worth over Rb 1bn. None of the audited regions fully met the terms of the agreement to increase and maintain agricultural production volumes. Moreover, Rb 17mln had been spent indicating damage to the state's economic interests. Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department of the Gaidar Institute, told “Profil” magazine why the controls should not be tightened.
ALEXEY VEDEV: “HOUSEHOLDS NEED STATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT”
31 march 2022
According to ABN, Russia has announced additional indexation of the minimum wage (MMW) and subsistence level (SL), Alexey Vedev, Head of Financial Studies Department of Gaidar Institute, believes that such support measures may prove insufficient in the context of disproportionate price growth, a possible drop in living standards, and a 20% key rate.
SANCTIONS HAVE NOT YET GENERATED GROWTH IN UNEMPLOYMENT
31 march 2022
Economic sanctions and the suspension of the activities of companies have not yet led to a significant increase in unemployment, as most companies retain their employees and continue to pay them all or part of their wages. There are risks of a gradual rise in unemployment amid the decline in hiring, notes Victor Lyashok, candidate of economic sciences, senior researcher at the Department of Pension System Research and Actuarial Forecasting of the Social Sphere, INSAP RANEPA.
NATALIA SHAGAIDA: “HOW RUSH DEMAND AFFECTS ECONOMY"
23 march 2022
Natalia Shagaida, Head of Agrarian Department of the Gaydar Institute, told the ”Sekret firmy” journal, whether customers’ behavior is rational amid sharply increased demand for certain goods.
SERGEY ZUBOV: “THE CENTRAL BANK SHOULD AVOID RUSHING TO RAISE THE KEY RATE FURTHER ANDCT ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES".
21 march 2022
SERGEI TSUKHLO: “THE INDUSTRY IS ENTERING A NEW CRISIS IN MARCH”
18 march 2022
The first estimates of the industrial optimism index in March “do not give grounds at the first sight to assess the situation as catastrophic,” Sergei Tsukhlo, Head of the Business Surveys Laboratory, Gaidar Institute noted in an interview to the Kommersant daily.
NATALIA SHAGAIDA: “IF RUSSIA AND THE WEST DO NOT LIFT RECIPROCAL SANCTIONS, THE FOOD SITUATION WILL BE SEVERE”
17 march 2022
Natalia Shagaida, Head of the Agricultural Policy Department, Gaidar Institute commented to «Ura.ru» on the news that the RF Government was preparing for possible food price rises because of the trade war of the West with Russia. With this aim in view, Mikhail Mishustin, RF Prime Minister introduced a temporary ban on exports of sugar and grain from March 15, 2022 and ordered to increase imports of food.