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Is the Russian economy out of the woods?
By - 02-02-2010 04:10 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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MOSCOW Has Russia's economic crisis ended? That depends on who you ask. Ask Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, or any official of his United Russia party, and you will be told, "Of course it is over." They will even produce proof in the form of an unemployment rate that does not rise, unprecedented increases in pensions, and strong growth in construction and metal-working.
Of course, all these comparisons are made with how things stood last month rather than with the country's pre-crisis economic performance. Then there is another "miracle" that the government is starting to trumpet, one discovered in August 2009: an increase in Russia's population. Unfortunately, in no month before or since have births outpaced deaths.
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The Japan Times Online
By - 02-02-2010 04:10 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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MOSCOW Has Russia's economic crisis ended? That depends on who you ask. Ask Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, or any official of his United Russia party, and you will be told, "Of course it is over." They will even produce proof in the form of an unemployment rate that does not rise, unprecedented increases in pensions, and strong growth in construction and metal-working.
Of course, all these comparisons are made with how things stood last month rather than with the country's pre-crisis economic performance. Then there is another "miracle" that the government is starting to trumpet, one discovered in August 2009: an increase in Russia's population. Unfortunately, in no month before or since have births outpaced deaths.
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The Japan Times Online
