With some EU member states calling for more Russian banks to be cut off from the SWIFT payments system, U.S. senators proposing stricter secondary sanctions for the G-7 oil price cap, and talk of EU-wide oil price limits, Peach suggested that the Russia energy sector – a key pillar of economic strength – could come under threat.
"Calling up reservists and prolonging the conflict will come at a cost. Russia's federal budget swung into a large deficit in August and, for the government to maintain its prudent management of the public finances, tax hikes will be needed," Peach said. The call-up of 300,000 reservists, alongside reports of many military age citizens fleeing the country to avoid conscription, could also compound Russia's labor supply problems, he suggested.
"Official figures show total outward migration of 216,000 in the first half of the year and unofficial figures put the number closer to half a million," Peach said. "For a country with a declining working-age population this is a big loss of labour and could stifle Russia's growth prospects in both the short and medium term."
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