The volume of the financial market is currently several times larger than the volume of the real sector of the economy, at the end of 2011 the volume of world GDP was 62.9 trillion dollars, the volume of the world financial market was more than 250 trillion dollars, a quarter of which was in the US financial market 64, 2 trillion dollars With the development of globalization, the financial sector ...
The average salary in Belarus rose to 844.4 rubles in August, Belstat reports. Recall that it was 827.5 rubles. In terms of the weighted average dollar rate for August, the average salary was almost $435 (a month earlier - $423). Recall that in April of this year, the president said that a salary of 1,......
September 25, Minsk / Corr. BELTA/. Belarus and Chechnya have a serious potential for the development of trade cooperation and industrial cooperation, Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov said today during a meeting with the head of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation Ramzan Kadyrov, BelTA has learned. During the meeting, the parties discussed promising areas of cooperation. “First...
Scale of the disaster The Central Bank is accustomed to the official role of an excellent student. Still, he managed to realize the goal that seemed unattainable to most - he tamed inflation, lowering it below the cherished 4%. This is a showcase of the exhibition of achievements of the Russian authorities in the economy. As it turns out, with a spreading crack right in the middle. The Central Ban...
On Monday, the cost of futures for Brent crude for November 2017 delivery on the ICE exchange rose above $58 per barrel. The price of a barrel of Brent exceeded $58 for the first time since January 3, 2017. At its peak, the cost of a barrel of Brent reached $58.05, which is more than 2% higher than the previous close. “Oil prices are rising on the back of OPEC statements about following the produc...
In the first half of September, the House of Representatives of the US Congress, following the Senate, voted to raise the "debt ceiling", and President Trump, by his signature, gave this decision the force of law. World markets breathed a sigh of relief - the specter of a US government default has disappeared from the horizon. But he will be back soon, in three months. What kind of horror story is...
The crisis in Russia is over! Our economy is growing! For the past month, officials have been repeating these words like a mantra. And, apparently, in order to inspire confidence in the people, they are bombarded with data on GDP. The other day, Rosstat reassured that in the first quarter of 2017, in annual terms, the Russian economy, according to preliminary estimates, grew by ......
In Belarus, the Social Protection Fund, from which money is taken for pensions and benefits, is still experiencing a shortage of funds. According to the Ministry of Finance, in January-July, revenues to the fund amounted to 6.764 billion rubles, and expenses - 260.5 million rubles more. At the same time, it is planned that the income of the Social Security Fund at the end of this year will exceed ...
The American dollar is an example of the most indestructible and stable monetary unit. Let's try to analyze - what is the secret? Here is a bill familiar to all of us - one American dollar of the 1971 sample. In appearance - the usual green piece of paper. But did you know that this bill is stuffed with Masonic symbols? So let's start researching. The face of the note depicts the nation's first pr...
The National Bank of Belarus has decided to reduce from October 1, 2017 from 20 to 10 percent the amount of the mandatory sale of foreign currency proceeds of resident business entities. This decision was made by the National Bank as part of the implementation of a consistently pursued policy of liberalization of foreign exchange relations and taking into account the stable situation in the foreig...
The average pension in Belarus, according to official statistics, is 298 rubles. Most of these payments are from Minsk residents - 316 rubles, and the least - in the Brest region (284 rubles). FINANCE.TUT.BY looked at how the pensions of Belarusians look against the background of payments in neighboring countries. In Belarus, the average size of assigned pensions was 2.1 times higher than the subs...
The Russian Ministry of Energy is preparing proposals providing for more favorable conditions for oil products from Belarus, and we are talking about tariffs for both Russian Railways and ports. Deputy Energy Minister Kirill Molodtsov told reporters about this on the sidelines of a press conference dedicated to the St. Petersburg Gas Forum, TASS reports. “We will create conditions for them not to ...