In the first five months of 2014, the economic situation was determined by slowdown of growth rates of consumer demand and a drop in investments. In January-May 2014, investments in capital assets decreased by 3.8% against the index of the respective period of the previous year. In January-May...

In January-May 2014, capital investments in real terms amounted to 96.2% on the respective index of the previous year. In the patiern of sources of investment funding, the share of own funds and banks' participation increased with a reduction of investment of federal budget funds. In Q1 2014, 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 year....

In the 1st quarter of 2014, economic dynamics were determined by growth in consumer demand and a drop in investment demand. On the basis of the results of the 1st quarter of 2014, investments in capital assets fell by 4.8% on the respective period of the previous year with simultaneous reduction...

Falling investments in fixed assets in early 2014 were the result of the negative tendency which had formed in the construction investment complex in 2013. Investments in fixed assets in January-February this year were 95.0% while the volume of construction works was 96.2% of the corresponding...

In February 2014, industrial production increased by 2.1% on an annualized basis, including a 3.4% increase in manufacturing. However, the production of machines and equipment decreased by 11.4%, construction materials, by 2.0%, and construction works, by 2.4% in annual terms. Demand for...

In January 2014, the macroeconomic situation is under the effect of the same factors which determined the economic dynamics in 2013. In January 2014, a drop of 7.0% and 5.5% in investments in capital assets and the volume of building work, respectively, against January 2013 had a substantial...

Motivated by the US Fiscal Cli¤ in 2012, this paper considers the short- and longer term impact of uncertainty generated by scal policy. Empirical evidence shows increases in economic policy uncertainty lower investment and employment. Investment that is longer-lived and subject to a longer...

The situation in the investment sphere remains tense despite the fact that in November 2013 growth rates of investments in capital assets entered the positive zone and amounted to 100.2% year on year after a drop in the previous three months. In January-November 2013, investments in capital...

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 consumer demand, slowdown of growth rates of households' income and decrease in the...