Throughout 2012 the macroeconomic situation has been characterized by the gradual decrease of the economic activity. It was the simultaneous slowdown of both the internal and external demand growth rates that was one of the factors contributing to the low dynamics of 2012. According to the...

On December 14, 2012 Federal State Statistics Service published updated data on volumes and dynamics of investment in fixed assets in Q2 and Q3 2012. As a result, the figure for the investment in fixed assets growth rates in January-September 2012 against the corresponding period of the previous...

As compared with November 2011, in November 2012 the investments in fixed assets increased by 1.1%, and the workload in construction - by 0.3%. The industrial production growth rates made 101.9% against November 2011, growth rates in manufacturing industry being 104.0%. The dynamics of...

The increase in investments in fixed assets of 4.9% versus October 2011 was a positive aspect of October 2012. As a result the workload in construction (105.1%) and housing construction (111.0%) started to grow again. This October the industrial production index made 101.8% versus October 2011,...

In July-August of the current year the economic dynamics by the basic types of economic activities continued to weaken. Starting with June of the current year the retail trade turnover and investments in fixed assets growth rates in annual terms have been observed to slow down. In such a...

In January‐August 2012 investments in fixed assets made Rb 6206.8bn, having increased by 8.8% versus the corresponding period of the previous year. In July the increase in the investments in fixed assets decreased to 3.8% in annual terms, and in August – to 2.3%. Under the existing dynamics...

In January-October 2013, business activities were determined by a decrease in the consumer and investment demand. A drop of 1.2% in investments in capital assets and stagnation in manufacturing industries as compared to January-October 2012 had a negative effect on the domestic market. A factor...

The results of January-September 2013 point to the continued trend in economic growth slowdown. Within the above period, the industrial production index amounted to 100.1% on January-September 2012, including that of manufacturing industry which was equal to 99.7%. The index of agricultural...

The trend towards slower economic dynamics by basic types of economic activity kept progressing in the period of May thru August 2013. With industrial production stagnating at the level of January-August 2012, manufacturing and electric power production contracted by 0.2% and 1.1% respectively....

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...