Quote: Why would they go bankrupt? ![]() "Bleh, i don't even know what i'm arguing for. What a stupid rant. Disregard what i wrote." - Loz "Every time is gyros time" - Stalinista
The burden of state ownership. Their currency is weak, Lukashenko's government often prints money to finance expenditures. It's exacerbating its value.
Compared to Russia, with its strong Ruble(which some say is too strong), Belarus' inflation is considerably smaller, with 6.6% inflation, compared to Russia's 9.9%. Also, they were going to have common currency with Russia, but changed their mind December 6th, even before even the Gazprom negotiations.
![]() "Bleh, i don't even know what i'm arguing for. What a stupid rant. Disregard what i wrote." - Loz "Every time is gyros time" - Stalinista
Even if inflation is exceeding, there's no answer to how the government will adequately finance its expenditure. The lack of financial market cause the inability to borrow and raise investment.
There's enough finances for expenditure right now, no? I mean there's probably investment into Belarussian enterprises from Russia and Ukraine. It's business legislation is similar to Russia's except there was no privatization.
You can still start a joint stock company. Large enterprises like MAZ(makes busses and trucks) are still RUP's(Republican Unitary Enterprises), but no one's stopping you from starting your own if you get enough investment(of course most of this comes from abroad...). ![]() "Bleh, i don't even know what i'm arguing for. What a stupid rant. Disregard what i wrote." - Loz "Every time is gyros time" - Stalinista Quote: Ideally, an economy must have a well managed banking and financial sector. It guarantees the easiness of raising loans for companies to finance operation and such. These days, that is the necessary rudimentary support. Now, FDI inflow will be needed, not just by foreign companies, but also by government. FDI inflow into Belarus was poor. World Bank Report on Belarus wrote: Quote: Well, not with the current laws which controls the market penetration I think. Quote: The Belarussian economy is mainly a command economy, so the defitions change. If the economy is performing as successfully as it is now, I don't see why it needs much more investment. What I don't understand is that with the current state of things - why would it fail for internal factors? By the way, Belarussian state bank(s) give loans for businesses. ![]() "Bleh, i don't even know what i'm arguing for. What a stupid rant. Disregard what i wrote." - Loz "Every time is gyros time" - Stalinista Quote: Why not? When they command massive industries, they need to control the debt. How many industry will be needed to be financed? If the goverment owns the bank, then further loans made is another debt to the government. The debt accumulates and they won't find enough money. FDI inflows regulate these areas, it offers injections for the enterprise coffer.
If the industry is profitable, it contributes to the treasury instead of taking away from it. The bank makes loans from deposits(the amount of money Belarussians put in banks grew 1.4 times from July 2005 to July 2006, though still pretty insignificant.) Though the banking sphere isn't as developed as say Russia's, business loans are still done from both state and private banks, as the government sphere uses most of the crediting potential in Belarus.
By the way, sorry that my links are in Russian, but that's the only lnaguage that most of the financial news about Belarus is available in. ![]() "Bleh, i don't even know what i'm arguing for. What a stupid rant. Disregard what i wrote." - Loz "Every time is gyros time" - Stalinista
The industry is under heavily tax regulations, it's not allowing any expansion and profitability. Belarus is hardly a place to do business. Even if the state enterprise make profit, they are doing so because of massive subsidies. Subsidies to the state industry amounted 6% average of GDP.
Tim you contradict yourself. If real GDP is increasing, they will get the funds by themselves to pay their debts.
Belarus external debt is not that much. Anyway, when a state bank give a loan to a state enterprise, that only means that the State re-invest its cash flows into its own economy. Quote: And where do the funds come to pay the subsidies? From taxes on enterprises revenues. In the end, everything balance. And real GDP increase by 9%. ![]() Homer: "You guys are commies? Then why am I seeing free markets?" Quote: Eastern Europe is in a far better situation then it was under Soviet Union Quote: You have probably never done business in Russia. Doing business in Russia is a lot different then doing it anywhere else in the world. Highest corruption I have ever seen. The law is a joke. In Russia you either loose the investment completely or make a lot of money. Thats the only possibility's there. Quote: Belarus is the place to do business if you want to do it off the books If you try to do business there honestly it is impossible. Quote: Why subsidies the industry? I would rather pay less money to the government and choose what I do with my money. Subsidized businesses are almost always inefficient. Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 10.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.18 Quote: You just all the time say some slogans as:'Socialism was bad' etc. Quote: In every post soviet country or post east block is enormous corruption and it's all by the 'elits' that 'liberated' these countries, the country without law is also better for making money from it by the foreign capitalists. See many examples from past: Turkey in the XIX and later till I world war and many others half-colonial states which now are many in eastern Europe. ![]() MLKP! Quote: What you call subsidies are in fact reinvestment into its own production. In capitalism too, companies reinvest their own cash flows in their own business. That's a normal thing to do, because of comparative advantages. They know where investments are needed, since it's their own company, where individuals (especially people like you) don't know at all. What is abnormal is when the State subsidy the private sector. Useless and inefficient waste, I agree. ![]() Homer: "You guys are commies? Then why am I seeing free markets?"
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Defected to the U.S.S.R.: 28 Jul 2017, 21:25 New Comrade (Say hi & be nice to me!)
'Belarussia's only free and independent media'. To translate and understand what the US and its proxies such as Poland mean when they use this langauge; a free and independent media is one thats funded by US corporations or the state department, run by people in another country, whose stated goal is to to create hostility against a wildly popular government that is improving the living standards of its people, destabilize and overthrow said government, and replace it with one that will be subserviant to US corporate interests.
Ah yes, a good topic to voice your views on, especially since it is so topical for... *squints* 2007? Where did you even find this?
![]() "Bleh, i don't even know what i'm arguing for. What a stupid rant. Disregard what i wrote." - Loz "Every time is gyros time" - Stalinista
haha I like how Kirov is still right after all these years. Still waiting for Belarus to go bankrupt, Tim.
"The thing about capitalism is that it sounds awful on paper and is horrendous in practice. Communism sounds wonderful on paper and when it was put into practice it was done pretty well for what they had to work with." -MiG
lol if it weren't for necroposts like this we'd have like no traffic.
Honestly tho I expected a western oriented coup to have succeeded in Belarus by now. Seems pretty improbable now. ![]()
Nah, you're right, not so long as Batka's around. After he's gone though who knows? The Ukrainian experience will probably keep people vigilant for a while too. The situation in the country seems tough though; pay is low. But that's because Belarus is still heavily dependent on Russia, and we haven't been buying as much tractors, trucks, heavy mine rigs, and quality Belarussian food products since our own economic crisis/recession.
"The thing about capitalism is that it sounds awful on paper and is horrendous in practice. Communism sounds wonderful on paper and when it was put into practice it was done pretty well for what they had to work with." -MiG
Belarus kinda mirrors Russia, if Russia goes to the right and is all about capitalism, liberalism, etc, Belarus goes to the left with Soviet nostalgia, state management of economy, etc. Now that Russia has gone somewhat to the "left" with Soviet nostalgia and import substitution, Belarus is going to the right by tolerating ethnic nationalists, increasing foreign investment, etc. I'm sure that at some point the contradictions between the two approaches will one day mobilize a part of the population against Lukashenko while leaving the others indifferent, but like Mubarak in the 80s and 90s, he is still able to handle having ambitious political positions
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