Economics
Trump Seen Paying Off for Putin With Sanctions Relief Coming
- Most economists say U.S. to ease sanctions over next 12 months
- U.S. president-elect has said he wants to mend ties with Putin
Wood: Russia Offers No Reason for U.S. to End Sanctions
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Hard to fathom only months ago, the lifting of U.S. sanctions against Russia is all but certain for most economists.
The U.S. will start easing its penalties, imposed over the showdown in Ukraine in 2014, during the next 12 months, according to 55 percent of respondents in a Bloomberg survey, up from 10 percent in an October poll. Without the restrictions, Russia’s economic growth would get a boost equivalent to 0.2 percentage point of gross domestic product next year and 0.5 percentage point in 2018, according to the median estimates in the poll.