The Real Sector of the Economy : Factors and Trends in February 2015

In early 2015, Russia's domestic market was strongly affected by the simultaneous shrinkage of consumer and investment demand. In February 2015, the retail trade turnover index amounted to 92.3% in annual terms; the index of paid services delivered to the population amounted to 98.5%; and the index of investment in fixed assets – to 93.5% in annual terms. The beginning of 2015 was characterized by a profound deterioration of the indices of the population's real incomes