: 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...

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...

In Q3 2012 the GDP growth rates slowed down to 2.8% versus 3.9% in Q2 and 4.9% in Q1 2012. In September 2012 as compared with September 2011 investments in fixed assets contracted by 1.3% and workload in construction – by 5.6%. In September 2012 for the first time in the post-crisis period...

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...

At the beginning of 2013 the Russian economy was characterized by the slowdown of the internal and external demand. This year the domestic market was considerably infl uenced by the drop of production in February 2013 by 2.1% as compared with February 2012. The manufacturing industry index in...

In Q1 2013 the slowdown of the economic growth was determined both by the decrease in the external demand by 4.6% versus the corresponding period of the previous year and the sudden weakening of the internal demand dynamics. In Q1 2013 the indices of the industrial growth and the volumes of...

Russia’s economy was characterized by lessening of internal and external demand within the first five months in 2013. A drop in industrial output which in May 2013 reached 1.4% against May 2012 had a substantial effect on the domestic market in the current year. Stagnation in the investment...

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...

On the basis of the results of January–September 2013, the index of the physical volume of GDP amounted to 101.3% against the respective period of the previous year. With the existing dynamics of investment and con¬sumer demand, slowdown of growth rates of households’ income and decrease in...

In April 2014, the economic situation was determined both by slowdown of growth rates of consumer demand and a drop in investment demand. Investments in capital assets in April 2014 and January–April amounted to 97.3% and 95.7%, respectively, against the respective indices of the previous...