In 2020, Russia’s export balance of trade plunged against 2019 on the back of decrease in exports value amid slight decline in imports. Current account balance remained positive in spite of a blend of most adverse factors. In 2020, net outflow of private capital doubled compared to 2019....

Russia's positive balance of trade increased in 2017, ensuring a steady BoP position. The private sector saw capital outflow in 2017, mostly because Russian banks had trimmed foreign-exchange liabilities. The rouble appreciated on the back of stable balance of payments

At the end of Q2 2023, the current account surplus of the balance of payments fell 14-fold compared to Q2 2022 as a result of a decrease in the value of exports and an increase in the value of imports. At the same time, the financial account deficit was formed as a result of the outstripping...

Russia's BoP data attest to a considerable decline in the current account surplus in 2016 compared to 2015. At the same time, net capital outflows in the private sector slowed down substantially because the rate of repayment of debts and liabilities slowed down, as a result of which the ruble...

In 2021, according to preliminary estimates, the current account balance was more than three times higher than the previous year. In particular, the positive balance of Russia’s trade balance has increased significantly and reached record values due to the outstripping growth in the value of...

In Q3 2021, the current account surplus of the RF balance of payments picked up considerably as compared to the same period of the previous year. It happened primarily owing to the appreciation of prices for primary products and increased export volumes thereof. At the same time, there was...

At the end of Q1 2023, the current account surplus shrank almost 4 times compared to Q1 2022 as a result of a reduction in the value of exports and sanctions restrictions. The financial account deficit was shaped influenced by the reduction of foreign liabilities of all sectors of the economy...

As of Q2-end 2022, the current account surplus went up 4.1-fold compared to the same period of the last year on the back of growth in the value of Russian exports amid high prices for commodities and reduction of imports under the sanctions. The deficit of the financial account of the balance of...

Based on the results of Q3 2022, the current account surplus fell by 32% as compared to Q2 2022 owing to a gradual reduction in exports in value terms and a pickup in imports amid sanctions and establishment of alternative sources of supplies. In Q3 2022, the deficit of the financial account...

The BOP (Balance of Payments) data show that a current account surplus contracted considerably in H1 2016 over the same period previous year. This is because there were serious cutbacks in exports while the decline in imports slowed down. Despite growth in non-bank sector's foreign asset...