A risky game with the Paris Club

Headline: A risky game with the Paris ClubSource: EuromoneyDate: February 2001Author: Peter Lee Russia never seems to play by the same rules as the rest of us. Its macroeconomic indicators for 2000 were the country’s best in 30 years. The economy grew by somewhere between 7% and 8%; tax reforms – part of a wide-ranging […]

Headline: A risky game with the Paris Club
Source: Euromoney
Date: February 2001
Author: Peter Lee

Russia never seems to play by the same rules as the rest of us. Its macroeconomic indicators for 2000 were the country’s best in 30 years. The economy grew by somewhere between 7% and 8%; tax reforms – part of a wide-ranging economic reform plan – helped the government record a fiscal surplus of 3% of GDP, after many years of high deficits; the strong oil price helped Russia to rebuild its foreign currency reserves to $28 billion.




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