Russian Economic Developments №12, 2015

Publication date
Monday, 21.12.2015

Authors
IEP composite author

Series
Russian Economy: Trends and Perspectives

Annotation

Main political and economic events of November 2015 - Inflation and monetary policy in October 2015 - The RF central bank’s course is to achieve medium-run stability - Financial markets in October 2015 - Russia’s state budget in January-October 2015 - Regional budgets: tightening our belts - Regional social expenditures: a country of contrasts - Russia’s banking sector in October 2015 - The banking sector: economies of scale afoot - GDP growth rate in 2015-2016: what its decomposition speaks of - The real sector of the economy in October 2015: factors and trends - Russian industry in October 2015 - ‘‘Import preservation’’ in lieu of import substitution - Commodity turnover: a delayed fall - Fixed capital investment in January-September 2015 - Mortgage in the Russian Federation in October 2015 - Russia’s foreign trade in September 2015 - Export-import: a nearly simultaneous drop - Russia’s import ban on Ukrainian foods: magnitude and implications - The review of meetings of the Government of the Russian Federation in November 2015 - The review of regulatory documents on taxation issues in October-November 2015 - The review of economic legislation in October 2015 - Changes in the regulatory base of the budgetary process in October-November 2015 - Higher-education teaching personnel wages: main trends - Migrants are losing interest in Russia - Self-regulatory organizations in the financial marketplace - The North Caucasus: land conflicts in the cities hinder the implementationof th e socioeconomic development strategy - Specific features of Russia’s integration in global and regional value chains - Old and new in the statistics of the Ministry of Defense.

Contents

Main political and economic events of November 2015 (S.Zhavoronkov) 2
Inflation and monetary policy in October 2015 (A.Bozhechkova) 5
The RF central bank’s course is to achieve medium-run stability (Ye. Goryunov, P. Trunin) 9
Financial markets in October 2015 (E.Gorbatikov, E.Khudko) 13
Russia’s state budget in January-October 2015 (t.tishchenko) 20
Regional budgets: tightening our belts (A.Deryugin) 28
Regional social expenditures: a country of contrasts (N.Zubarevich) 31
Russia’s banking sector in October 2015 (M.Khromov) 36
The banking sector: economies of scale afoot (M.Khromov) 41
GDP growth rate in 2015-2016: what its decomposition speaks of (S.Drobyshevsky, M.Kazakova) 45
The real sector of the economy in October 2015: factors and trends (O.Izryadnova) 50
Russian industry in October 2015 (S.Tsukhlo) 56
‘‘Import preservation’’ in lieu of import substitution (S.Tsukhlo) 59
Commodity turnover: a delayed fall (G.Idrisov, Yu.Pnomarev) 64
Fixed capital investment in January-September 2015 (O.Izryadnova) 67
Mortgage in the Russian Federation in October 2015 (G.Zadonsky) 72
Russia’s foreign trade in September 2015 (N.Volovik) 76
Export-import: a nearly simultaneous drop (A.Knobel) 80
Russia’s import ban on Ukrainian foods: magnitude and implications (N.Shagaida) 84
The review of meetings of the Government of the Russian Federation in November 2015 (M.Goldin) 87
The review of regulatory documents on taxation issues in October-November 2015 (L.Anisimova) 88
The review of economic legislation in October 2015 (I.Tolmacheva, Yu.Grunina) 98
Changes in the regulatory base of the budgetary process in October-November 2015 (M.Goldin) 100
Higher-education teaching personnel wages: main trends (T.Klyachko) 102
Migrants are losing interest in Russia (Yu.Florinskaya, N.Mkrtchan) 106
Self-regulatory organizations in the financial marketplace (N.Polezhaeva) 110
The North Caucasus: land conflicts in the cities hinder the implementation
of the socioeconomic development strategy (K.Kazenin) 116
Specific features of Russia’s integration in global and regional value chains (V.Idrisova, Yu.Litvinova) 120
Old and new in the statistics of the Ministry of Defense (V.Zatsepin) 129

Notes

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