2017 has been marked as a year of slow recovery from the crisis of 2015–2016 in the Russian industry. The years of crisis were distinguished by three characteristics. First, there was no plunge in demand for industrial products and in output. Second, a moderate decline in these indicators was...

In Q2 2018, the Russian industrial sector managed to recover to a normal state of operation from the failed start early this year. The percentage of enterprises assessing their state as “normal standing” neared an all-time high by mid-2018 (77% compared to 78% in H2 2017)

This paper has been prepared on the results of business surveys of industrial enterprises which have been conducted by the Gaidar Institute using a European harmonized method in monthly cycles since September 1992, covering the entire territory of the Russian Federation. The panel size is around...

In Q2 2018, the situation in Russian industry did not undergo any significant changes. Most of Russian enterprises continued to register persistently low demand, which enabled them to confidently control their finished product stocks and maintain their output growth rate at minimum. In Q2 2018,...

Prolonged period of industrial business surveys conducted by the Gaidar Institute and representative range of indicators permit to resolve the first task – analyze the situation in the sector in 2018 – determine the place for the year 2018 in all the 27 years since the IET launched and...

Prolonged period of industrial business surveys conducted by the Gaidar Institute and representative range of indicators permit to resolve the first task – analyze the situation in the sector in 2019 – determine the place for the year 2019 in all the 28 years' history of our monitoring the...

The section is prepared using data of monthly business surveys conducted by the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (IEP) among managers of industrial enterprises since September 1992. The surveys are based on the European harmonized methodology and encompass the entire territory of the Russian...

February data on Russian industry demonstrates upward dynamics of the majority of actual indexes and preparedness of businesses to come out of a recession. Demand, output, stocks of finished products, and investment plans – all these indexes seem unexpectedly positive for the outsiders

Gaidar Institute's business surveys show that the Russian industrial sector started recovering in early 2017 from the protracted crisis of 2015–2016. Some indicators increased, including actual and predicted changes in demand, stock (finished products), investment plans