TY - BOOK ID - 84549995 TI - Russian Federation : Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 2000 SN - 1455224766 1452771901 1283561646 9786613874092 1452737657 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Banks and Banking KW - Exports and Imports KW - Inflation KW - Macroeconomics KW - Public Finance KW - International Lending and Debt Problems KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General KW - Fiscal Policy KW - Price Level KW - Deflation KW - Banking KW - Public finance & taxation KW - International economics KW - Correspondent banking KW - Expenditure KW - External debt KW - Commercial banks KW - Correspondent banks KW - Banks and banking KW - Expenditures, Public KW - Debts, External KW - Fiscal policy KW - Portugal UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84549995 AB - Macroeconomic developments have been very favorable since early 1999, strengthening in important areas lately. Real GDP has more than recovered from the recession that followed the 1998 crisis and the recovery is gaining momentum, with recent data suggesting that real GDP is growing at an annual rate of 6–7 percent. The strong macroeconomic performance reflects mainly the large real ruble depreciation in 1998, but also the increase in oil prices in world markets and a significant strengthening of fiscal and monetary policies. ER -