In September 2008, the IET's Department for Economic Situation Surveys conducted a business survey among Russian industrial enterprises aimed at identifying the existing obstacles to successful economic development. Within the business survey's framework the directors of enterprises were offered...

Most of Russia's industrial sectors saw output in terms of volume stabilize at a low level in H1 2016. Output began to grow slowly at year's end. The summary index of the manufacturing sector was driven by positive dynamics during the last few months of the year. Given that Russia's economy is...

In Q3 2018, the movement of industrial production indices returned to a near zero growth pattern, and first of all in the manufacturing sectors. In some industries, the slightly positive dynamics may have had to do, in part, with government support measures. Over the course of the same quarter,...

In 2018 the output dynamics of the manufacturing industries were close to zero. Growth was observed in the primary sector mainly on the back of a surge in production of natural gas and coal. In manufacturing, positive growth rates were related either with a favorable global market environment or...

Unlike the previous two years when the domestic market's weakness was made up for by growth in the foreign trade balance and net exports, in 2019 the development of the Russian economy took place amid a simultaneous decline of the growth rates of overall domestic demand and foreign trade. In...

By-sector analysis of industrial production indices shows that there are still no conditions for transition to sustainable growth in the majority of sectors. The trend component of the industrial production index points to a growth in manufacturing industry in the amount of 0.4% in March 2018...

Analysis of trend components of production indices for May through July 2021 suggests that growth factors in trends for the extractive industries since the beginning of 2021 continue to have effect for two reasons: a pickup in demand for power-generating coal on the part of European and Asian...

This chapter takes stock of growth trends in Belarusian economy since 1996, reviews the evidence of accumulated challenges and risks within the existing growth patterns, and provides policy recommendations aimed at strengthening growth sustainability. In sum, while economic growth in Belarus in...