The outgoing year was unexpectedly successful for the Russian currency: the ruble, which had recently set anti-records, rose in price against the dollar by 44% and became the fastest growing currency in the world, strengthening noticeably more than classical fundamental factors explain. What is happening with the exchange rate now and what levels should we expect in the coming months?

According to Financial Times calculations based on hiring advertisements, real wage growth in Russia stopped growing in November. In other words, the growth in nominal wages of new employees in annual terms - 6.9% - was almost equal to annual inflation - 6.6%. Back in January, nominal growth was around 18.9%. At the same time, unemployment remains at a historical low of 2.2%.

Rosobrnadzor has suspended the educational license of the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka), as follows from the data on the department’s website. The suspension of the license means that the university cannot recruit new students (it has been prohibited from doing so since April) and must transfer current ones, with their written consent, to other universities for similar programs while maintaining all conditions of study.

A pioneer of a new generation of anti-obesity drugs, Denmark's Novo Nordisk has scored a major competitive victory over Eli Lilly. The company received approval to sell Wegovy in tablet form (not injection) in the world's largest pharmaceutical market, the United States. Its quotes after the close of trading grew by almost 10%, then the growth decreased to 6%.

Trump announced a new military shipbuilding program - a “golden fleet” of new generation “battleships”. This is essentially an open challenge to China. The White House