An in-depth analysis of the December data from the surveys of the Gaidar Institute1 showed that the end of 2012 was unfavorable to the industry. With continued weakening of demand in industrial products enterprises had to review evaluations of it, switch over to explicit reduction of output and...

According to the data of surveys of the Gaidar Institute1, in January in industry the sharp but tra¬ditional growth in optimism of forecasts of demand, output and employment was combined with growth in excessive stocks of finished products, careful pricing policy and growing inhibitive effect...

According to the data of surveys carried out by the Gaidar Institute10, the situation of enterprises changed sooner for the worse, rather than improved. The demand kept falling and its forecasts suggested no optimism. In such conditions, even the existing stagnation of production results in the...

The business opinion surveys carried out by the Gaidar Institute in March 20131 pointed to a worsening situation for Russian industrial enterprises. As a result, industrial enterprises began to lose confidence in the correctness of their production and marketing policies, and so were trying to...

The data obtained by Gaidar Institute’s business surveys show that anticipations concerning consumer growth in May, which encouraged enterprises to increase their output, were not borne out, and the June growth in output against weakening demand became a problem for the Russian industrial...

First data of Gaidar Institute’s business surveys on the situation in the Russian production sector in May 2013 show that the situation has been deteriorating in the sector. Enterprises had to further slow down their output, lower prices, reduce the number of employees and be very careful...

In January–August 2013, the global oil market was characterized by the persistence of high oil prices. The 2013 annual volume of crude oil production in Russia will exceed 520 million tons, hitting record high since 1990. At the same time, according to statistics, the Russian oil industry is...

According to the data obtained during a series of business surveys conducted by Gaidar Institute1, the situation with the Russian industrial sector in July 2013 can be evaluated through a few of contradictive components, namely continued demand weakening, mass usage of the price factor for sales...

The results of decomposition of output growth rates demonstrate that in the period of 2012 – the first half year of 2013 the rate of GDP growth was predominantly influenced by the inputs provided by the main production factors. Labor and capital inputs, on the average, determine 80% of the...

A detailed analysis of the system of indices of business surveys of the Gaidar Institute1 showed that in Novem¬ber the Russian industry made an attempt to break away from stagnation. However, higher intensity of growth in production and optimism of output plans is supported so far by the...