GDP advanced 0.8% in H1 2014 relative to the corresponding period of 2013, according to the preliminary data from Rosstat (Federal State Statistics Service). The products and services output index by basic type of economic activity remained near a positive value of 100.3% on an annualized basis...

Fixed investment in real terms stood at 97.42% in the period of January to July 2014 compared to the corresponding period in 2013. The structure of sources of fi nancing saw an upward trend towards the formation of a bigger share of equity at enterprises as the share of federal budget resources...

In August 2014, the dynamics of baseline types of economic activities weakened. With stagnation of industrial production at the level of August 2013, manufacturing industries fell by 0.6%. Investments in capital assets fell by 2.7% against August 2014 and irregularities in fulfi llment of jobs...

At the beginning of 2013 the Russian economy was characterized by the slowdown of the internal and external demand. This year the domestic market was considerably infl uenced by the drop of production in February 2013 by 2.1% as compared with February 2012. The manufacturing industry index in...

In Q1 2013 the slowdown of the economic growth was determined both by the decrease in the external demand by 4.6% versus the corresponding period of the previous year and the sudden weakening of the internal demand dynamics. In Q1 2013 the indices of the industrial growth and the volumes of...

The slowdown of the economic growth in April 2013 was determined by the slackening of the investment demand dynamics. In April 2013 the investments in fixed assets made 99.3%, in January– April – 99.8% of the corresponding indices of the previous year. However, the indices of the industrial...

In the 1st half of 2013, business activity in the Russian economy was determined by weakening of the external demand on goods of the Russian export and moderate growth in domes?? c demand. A decrease in investments in capital assets and stagnation of manufacturing industries had a negative...

In January thru May 2013 capital investments in real terms stood at 99.6% on a year-on-year basis. An uptrend in corporate own funds and federal budget funds was boosted in the structure of sources of investment financing. In Q1 2013, investments dropped in real terms on a year-on-year basis by...

Russia’s economy was characterized by lessening of internal and external demand within the first five months in 2013. A drop in industrial output which in May 2013 reached 1.4% against May 2012 had a substantial effect on the domestic market in the current year. Stagnation in the investment...

In July 2013, the industrial production index stood at 99.3% in annual terms, including 98.5% in the manufacturing industry, and 100.4% in the mineral extraction sector. Slower growth rates in exports of traditional raw commodities and related refinery products made Russian economic growth rates...