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Russia says economy to contract by less than 3% in 2022

2022.08.29 16:33

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Russia says economy to contract by less than 3% in 2022
FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian walks past the windows of business premises put out for rent in Moscow, Russia June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

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(Reuters) – Russia’s economy will contract by less than 3% this year, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov said on Monday, as a strong jobs market helps cushion the economy from the fallout from what Moscow calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine.

Belousov said Russia’s gross domestic produce would fall by “a little more than 2%” this year. That will be followed by a decline of “no more than 1%” in 2023, Belousov predicted.

Some economists were predicting a 15% collapse in GDP this year in the face of Western sanctions imposed because of the Ukraine crisis and designed to cripple the Russian economy.

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