According to enterprises’ estimates obtained as a result of business surveys of the Gaidar Institute1, in April actual changes in demand and output had negative dynamics, while forecasts did not promise any improvement of the situation. It is to be noted that industry had to switch over to...

The business surveys carried out by the Gaidar Institute in April 20131 pointed to a worsening situation for Russian industrial enterprises. The ongoing drop in demand increased the share of excess inventory and forced the surveyed enterprises to refrain from price rising both in April and in...

As industry gets back into work mode after the January holidays1 this is occurring slowly and does not promise any new positive trends. A steeper decline in demand has resulted in the slowdown of output with the normal levels of excess reserves of finished products. Companies are having to be...

According to the data of business surveys carried out by the Gaidar Institute1, the first estimates of March did not identify any principal changes in the dynamics of demand, output, employment and investments of the Russian industry. However, enterprises’ prices have, probably, started to...

According to the data of business surveys of the Gaidar Institute1, in August the Russian industry demonstrated positive changes in the dynamics of the demand and output, as well as growth in ex-factory prices. However, enterprises are not sure that the above trends will continue in the...

According to the Gaidar Institute’s business survey data1, the September performance score proved pessimistic rather than otherwise. The dynamics of demand and output underwent no fundamental change which discouraged enterprises and resulted in a lower satisfaction with demand and an increase...

According to the data of business surveys of the Gaidar Institute1, the beginning of Q4 is estimated by enterprises as much positive as the end of Q3. Good dynamics of demand and effi cient control over stocks of fi nished products permitted the industry to underpin growth in production in...

In November, according to the data of business surveys of the Gaidar Institute1, the industry failed to retain the positive impulse of previous months. The negative dynamics of demand failed to live up with enterprises’ expectations as regards the eff ect of import substitution declared by the...

According to the business surveys of the Gaidar Institute1, the first data of December on the Russian industry has no (pre)crisis evidence. Demand demonstrated the dynamics which is typical of the end of the year; sales volumes suit most enterprises and there is no concern about stocks of fi...

The results of decomposition of output growth rates demonstrate that, in 2014, gross value added (GVA) in industrial production continued to be pushed up by the increasing inputs of extensive factors. The preliminary estimates of the growth rates of combined factor productivity (CFP) derived for...