Monthly Report No. 7/2007

The Russian Oil Fund as a tool of stabilization and sterilization (by V. Astrov, pp. 1-8) Countries covered Russia Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Effects of the Unified Social Tax in Russia (by A. Kuznetsov and L. Goncharenko, pp. 9-13) Countries covered Russia Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Some issues related to the euro's progress (by L. Podkaminer, pp. 14-15) Countries covered European Union Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Selected monthly data on the economic situation in ten transition countries, 2005-2007 (pp. 17-27) Countries covered Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Russia, Ukraine Guide to wiiw statistical services on Central, East and Southeast Europe, Russia and Ukraine (p. 28)