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This followed a modest rebound in the final three months of 2021 that proved short-lived after the government reimposed COVID-19 restrictions. The rising cost of imports also…
Inflation has subsided owing to base effects. War, sanctions, geopolitical isolation and economic restructuring have already undermined population living standards, with poorer…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279113
ISSN: 2633-304X
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In human terms, these indicators represent lost income, financial insecurity and a fall in present and expected future living standards. The wave of protests last month…
However, interest-rate-sensitive sectors such as home improvement are suffering the largest sales declines, according to weekly credit-card spending data. Housing prices also are…
The company is trying to attract more middle-class Kazakhstanis to undertake foreign travel, having announced on April 1 the start of a new economy sleeper class route from Astana…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB199792
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In its wake, the cabinet under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a record JPY55.7tn (USD490bn) economic relief package, billed as a step toward a 'live with corona' world in…
Household consumption fuelled half of the rise as government grants to families supported purchases and jobs. The usual comparison with year-earlier figures is blurred because the…
Russian consumer trends.
The rate of decline has slowed in recent months, but household demand remains weak. Consumer optimism is more positive than in many other countries hit by the pandemic, but…
President Cyril Ramaphosa, who had been under escalating pressure from business and organised labour to reopen the economy fully, justified the relaxation by citing reductions in…