RUSSIA: Retail growth does not signal mass prosperity

Russia's robust economic growth has been accompanied by increasing real wages and disposable...

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ROMANIA: Current account gap still looks bridgeable

The merchandise trade deficit widened in January-February to 8.7 billion lei (3.5 billion...

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High oil prices, rising production and increased corporate support for new Western export routes...

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Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali said yesterday that he expects inflation to moderate by...

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GDP expanded by 8.5% in 2006, bringing the size of the economy to some 220 billion dollars, above...

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Defence Minister Serge Sarkisian was appointed prime minister on April 4. Sarkisian's...

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Turkmenistan is a significant gas producer, which claims to have massively underdeveloped...

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State gas monopolist Gazprom emerged as the ultimate beneficiary in the second Yukos auction...

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The number of foreign acquisitions by Russian firms has been growing, as has foreign direct...

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The central bank raised its discount rate on March 30. It lifted the benchmark rate by 12.5 basis...

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