Today’s raft of activity data for March is consistent with Russia’s economy having contractedby around 3% y/y in the first quarter of this year. Although financial markets have rallied over the past few weeks, the weakness of activity data is at odds with the increasingly upbeat comments from government officials. The big picture is still that the Russian economy is set to spend the best part of this year in recession.
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