{"id":64429,"date":"2025-08-07T06:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/64429\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T06:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:19:12","slug":"central-bank-predicts-near-zero-growth-united24-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/64429\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Bank Predicts Near-Zero Growth \u2014 UNITED24 Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Bank of\u00a0Russia has sharply downgraded its economic outlook, predicting that the country may see zero GDP growth by\u00a0the end of\u00a02025, according to\u00a0an\u00a0August 6\u00a0report by\u00a0The Moscow Times.<\/p>\n<p>Citing internal forecasts, the Central Bank\u2019s August bulletin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moscowtimes.ru\/2025\/08\/06\/tsbsprognoziroval-obnulenie-ekonomicheskogo-rosta-vrossii-kkontsu-goda-a170953\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">warns<\/a> of\u00a0deteriorating business activity across multiple sectors, including construction, trade, and manufacturing. \u201cWe\u00a0have revised the baseline scenario and now estimate that GDP growth may be\u00a0close to\u00a0zero by\u00a0year-end,\u201d the bulletin stated.<\/p>\n<p>The latest assessment reflects growing concern over the cumulative effect of\u00a0international sanctions, falling energy revenues, and restricted access to\u00a0foreign technologies and capital. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ad4d878a0294fbd77518c0eaf8168d80.jpg\"  alt=\"Russian Oil Tug-of-War: EU Tightens Sanctions as Iran-Israel Conflict Drives Prices Higher\" width=\"1058\" height=\"596\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>Category<a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/business\" class=\"c-entry__category\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Business<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/business\/russian-oil-tug-of-war-eu-tightens-sanctions-as-iran-israel-conflict-drives-prices-higher-9499\" class=\"u-link-overlay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russian Oil Tug-of-War: EU Tightens Sanctions as Iran-Israel Conflict Drives Prices Higher<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            Jun 30, 2025 15:28\n        <\/p>\n<p>The Bank\u2019s economists attribute the slowdown primarily to\u00a0weakened domestic demand and declining exports, noting that \u201cthe economic momentum observed in\u00a0the first half of\u00a02025\u00a0has nearly stalled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid a\u00a0broader economic contraction. Oil and gas revenues, a\u00a0key component of\u00a0the federal budget, <a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\/russias-oil-and-gas-revenues-plunge-nearly-30-in-july-amid-sanctions-pressure-10471\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dropped<\/a> nearly 30% year-on-year in\u00a0July 2025, as\u00a0previously reported by\u00a0The Moscow Times on\u00a0August\u00a05. The Central Bank\u2019s report adds that inflationary pressures are also returning, with consumer prices rising faster than previously projected.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, it\u00a0was <a href=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/latest-news\/imf-predicts-dramatic-drop-in-russian-economic-growth-10289\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> that Russia\u2019s economy is\u00a0expected to\u00a0grow only 0.9% in\u00a02025\u00a0and 1.0% in\u00a02026, according to\u00a0the IMF. <\/p>\n<p>This marks a\u00a0dramatic decline from the 4.1% growth in\u00a02024, with analysts citing sanctions, shrinking exports, and reduced productivity as\u00a0key factors behind the downturn.<\/p>\n<p><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/94a238f2b15d1863977da8e805a74a0a.png\" data- alt=\"Fundraiser For Peaceful Nights\" width=\"1026\" height=\"577\" class=\"lazy\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/united24media.com\/static\/build\/img\/logo.qJ-S0EWo.svg\" alt=\"Logo\" width=\"169\" height=\"16\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/u24.gov.ua\/sky-sentinel?utm_source=banner-1&amp;utm_medium=media&amp;utm_campaign=sky-sentinel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\" class=\"u-link-overlay\">Fundraiser For Peaceful Nights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>$1,500,000 towards 10 Ukrainian AI-Controlled Turrets.<\/p>\n<p>\n                Related articles\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Central Bank of\u00a0Russia has sharply downgraded its economic outlook, predicting that the country may see zero GDP&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101],"class_list":["post-64429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}