Kremlin official Dmitry Peskov described the IMF’s increase in Russia’s economic growth forecast by 1.5% as “not interest-free”.
“You see that there is a huge spread (the difference between the best and worst forecast – socialbites.ca) in the forecasts of our departments, economic development, the Central Bank and international financial institutions. It shows… let’s say that the predictive potential has probably become relatively narrow,” Peskov said.
Before this IMF developed It is estimated that the Russian economy will grow from 1% to 2.6% in 2024. IMF evaluates The Russian economy will grow by 3 percent in 2023. The Ministry of Economic Development estimates this figure as 3.5% as a preliminary estimate, and it is stated that the estimate can be increased to approximately 4% after additional calculations. The final assessment of Russia’s GDP growth last year will be published by Rosstat in mid-February.
Formerly Ministry of Economic Development Reacted To increase the IMF’s forecast for Russia’s GDP growth.