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Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 January 2017

The modest GDP increase is attributed to government support for the economy as well as steadier oil prices and the launch of production at the Kashagan oil field. Low debt levels…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 18 June 2020

The lockdown has successfully slowed the virus’s spread, but is taking a severe economic and social toll. While it has been gradually lifted in parts of the country, the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 16 January 2015

The growth outlook for 2015.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 17 December 2018

The 2018 currency crisis left the economy in one of the deepest downturns of the last decade, repeating the cyclical pattern in place since 2011 of one year of growth followed by…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 July 2015

President Dilma Rousseff is seeking economic reforms and fiscal adjustment to increase Brazil's international competitiveness, focussing on improving infrastructure, human capital…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 17 November 2020

During January-September, amid restrictions and social distancing, the economy contracted by just 4.6% year-on-year, helped by the resilience of certain sectors and supportive…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 March 2024

The completion of residential housing units reached a post-Soviet record of 110 million square metres. This strong expansion in construction activity was demand-led, stimulated by…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 24 March 2016

It includes large federal stimulus spending to spur economic growth and to alleviate the worst impacts of the collapse in global commodity prices, particularly oil. The budget…

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