MACROECONOMIC STATISTICS: Russia

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MACROECONOMIC STATISTICS Russia

• Population 142.35 million people.
• Below are the data provided by The Economist
  Intelligence Unit.

According to public official sources, inflation
was 7.2 in the first 9 months of 2006 and only
0.1 in September. Expected annual rate will not
exceed 9 in 2006.
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MACROECONOMIC STATISTICS Russiacontinued

• Standard Poors increased the countrys rating
  from BBB to BBB on foreign currency obligations
  and from BBB to A- on national currency
  obligations (information as of September 2006).
• Alexey Kudrin 6.6 GDP increase by the end of
  2006 and 6 by the end of 2007.
• GDP increase in 2006 UK 2.6, USA 2.9,
  Japan 2.7, China 10, Ukraine 5 (IMF
  data).
• German Gref personal income in the first half of
  the year rose by 11.1 while the salary rose by
  12.1.

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MACROECONOMIC STATISTICS Russiacompleted

• Consumer finance market (includes all areas of
  consumer lending auto loans, mortgage loans,
  other consumer credits) rose by 20 in the first
  half of 2006.
• Auto loan market volume exceeds 3 billion (open
  sources).
• Mortgage financing market volume will exceed 4.9
  billion in 2006 (CMBs forecast).
• CBR volume of mortgage loans increased by 7.5
  times from 2003 to 2005 and doubled in the first
  half of 2006.
• Credit institutions increased their profit from
  3.3 billion in the first half of 2005 to 5.5
  billion in the first half of 2006 (The Economist
  Intelligence Unit Report).