On the back of the lending market interest rate cuts and implementation of the subsidized mortgage program (mortgage loans at the interest rate of 6.5% per annum for home buying on the primary housing market), real-estate market demand picked up. In Q1-Q3, 2020, banks increased substantially...

In January-September 2020, exports of energy commodities and other minerals decreased by 36.5% (45% of the level seen in 2013) on the relevant period of the previous year. Non-oil and gas exports increased by 1.8% following a six-fold increase in gold sales. Without including gold exports,...

The world is witnessing a rather dire situation in terms of the spread of the coronavirus, however in the second half of January 2021 positive trends were evident: many hard hit by the coronavirus countries have demonstrated either stabilization or gradual decline in the recorded daily new...

At nine months-end 2020, the federal budget revenues contracted by Rb1,818.6 bn and expenditures went up by Rb3,040.9 bn against the same period of the previous year; the budget has been executed with a deficit to the tune of Rb1,773.3 bn. Contraction of revenues and ramping up of expenditures...

In Q3 2020, the pace of economic recovery in many countries turned out to be higher than expected. However, this growth only in part offset the deep recession that had been observed in Q2. In the majority of countries, output is well below its pre-crisis levels. The “second wave” of the...

With due regard for the ongoing dire situation with the spread of the coronavirus in December 2020 and early 2021, many countries took advantage of the Christmas and New Year holidays to intensify their efforts aimed at slowing down the pandemic. In Russia, alongside continuing flexible...

The article contains a concise review of the research related to the impact of economic crises and pandemics on fertility in developed countries. The significance of the outcome of these studies is under consideration designed to forecast changes in fertility resulted from the pandemic in...

The article examines the novelties of the UK criminal law related to the struggle against criminal finance; analyzes the mechanism of ruling on unexplained wealth, the reasons for the introduction of such a construction in the criminal law of Great Britain

Young people survived the crisis of 2020 relatively well. The high unemployment rate involving the 15-24 year olds in Russia (15.5% in 2019 compared to 4.6% of unemployment as a whole) is explained by the calculation specifics of this indicator. The average time required to find a job among...

The increase in demand evidenced in March allows Russian industrial enterprises to hire personnel and maintain the output growth. Sales forecasts, the output and hiring plans continue to gain optimism, giving the reason to hope that the upward trend will continue in Q 2 2021. However,...