The Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook No.10(48), May 2017, Is Released

No.10(48), 2017 of the analytical review of the current trends and recent developments in the Russian economy – Monitoring of Russia’s Economic Outlook. The Trends and Challenges of Social and Economic Development – is now online.

The main topics of the issue are: The inflation has reached the target; What ruble exchange rate does the Russian industry need; Regional budgets: Incomes are rising, tough policies are being maintained; The foreign turnover of services in 2016: Reduced imports due to administrative constraints; Raising the minimum wage: Pros and cons.

This issue of the online monitoring was prepared by experts from the Ye.T. Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (Gaidar Institute), the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), and the Russian Foreign Trade Academy (RFTA) of the Ministry for Economic Development of the Russian Federation.