Ukraine’s economic growth expected to reach 4% in 2024, but slow in 2025 due to labor shortages
A return to Black Sea trade boosts 2024 growth, but labor and energy constraints dampen longer-term prospects.
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ISW: Putin claims GDP grew 4.1% in 2024 as cash savings hit historical low
Amid concerns over inflation, the Russian Central Bank is contemplating a 25% interest rate hike, signaling economic challenges despite Putin’s claims of growth.
UK intelligence: Inflation and sanctions push Russia’s economy towards increased financial strain
High interest rates constrain investment, increase debt costs and bankruptcies amid inflation and sanctions, per British intelligence.
Russia doesn’t have endless resources, its economy nearing tipping point, expert says
Russia's finite resources, strained by inflation, labor shortages, dwindling stockpiles, and sanctions, make it difficult to sustain its war effort beyond 2025-2026, as per military analyst Anders Puck Nielsen.
UK intel: Defense spending drives inflation surge in Russia
Russia's economy faces heightened inflation, mainly due to surges in defense spending, challenging economic stability amid its war in Ukraine. The Central Bank's policies and the risk of an overheating economy present additional complexities in managing the situation, as per UK intelligence.
Ukraine’s Central Bank chief resigns in protest of demands to “print money,” raise inflation, and devaluate hryvnia
Ukraine’s Central Bank (NBU, Natsionalnyi Bank Ukrayiny) was built in 1911, before the Soviet era; unlike all the…
Ex-Finance Minister: Because of sanctions, Russia will lose $20bn annually
Because of Western sanctions, the Russian economy will lose annually more than $20bn. The former Finance Minister Alexei…