Leaving year for Russia has become quite successful in terms of the development of the Economy and Finance. In this area of our country over the 12 previous months managed to break a number of records. unbelievable, but the fact.
This year our country was ranked first by volume purchased by the Central Bank of Russia gold. To date, the Russian Federation has a record gold reserves of gold – More than two thousand tons. Such an amount of the precious metal allows Russia to maintain investment and diversify the different kinds of risks.
Against the background of increasing sanctions pressure from the US Central Bank was able to significantly reduce investments in US government debt. Now the share of Treasuries, that is, investments in government bonds, close to its lowest level in recent decades. Bank of such a move is well-founded, because it protects the financial market turmoil from Russia.
Another achievement of the Russian economy can be considered a record budget surplus, which will be 2,5% VVP. Russia's budget surplus has been made possible due to additional oil and gas revenues. All of this is a stock of the strength of our state, which will continue to resist the new measures Sanctions. At least, so say the economists from government agencies.
Besides, Russia has one of the lowest total debt, which is 525 billion. Our country occupies a leading position in terms of reduction of external debt. it, in its turn, It reduces the risk of default in the case of global turmoil.
Record in the Russian steel and low mortgage rates, that led to, what the 10 months of this year Russian citizens took 1,17 million loans worth 2,37 trillion rubles.
AT 2018 Russia became the absolute record for oil production. Daily oil production in October was 11,6 million barrels of.
Another achievement of our country - huge volumes of gas export to Europe, that exceed 200 bcm.
Apart from hydrocarbons, our country 2018 year exported a strategic food resources – wheat. For agricultural year was able to sell to other countries 33-34 million tons of grain.
The favorable development of the Russian economy allowed the Russian Federation to take the second position in the ranking of emerging economies, published by Bloomberg.
Finally, 2018 It was a successful year for the Russian tourist market. For the last 10 years, we managed to reach the highest rate – 90 million tourists. This year, Russia became interesting to foreigners thanks in part to the World Cup, which brought the Russian economy profits nearly trillion rubles. Record developed in this year's domestic tourism - more 60 million people.
