The section is prepared using data of monthly business surveys conducted by the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (IEP) among managers of industrial enterprises since September 1992. The surveys are based on the European harmonized methodology and encompass the entire territory of the Russian...

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 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...

According to business surveys of the Gaidar Institute1 carried out in May, the situation in the Russian industry changed for the better. Forecasts of changes in demand, output and employment demonstrate positive dynamics. The stocks of finished products are successfully controlled by...

The initial estimates of August by industrial enterprises received by means of business surveys carried out by the Gaidar Institute1 showed improvement of the situation in industry. Actual changes in demand retained the previous dynamics; as a result, the achieved volumes of sales were rated...

This publication presents analysis of handling regular business surveys of Russian industrial enterprises, information capacity of such surveys and analytical findings. Analysis summarizes 18 years experience of IEP’s surveys: from the choice of envelopes for sending questionnaires to obtained...

This paper is a continuation of the research «Competition in the Russian Industry (1995–2002)», exercised and published by Gaidar Institute in 2003. Monitoring, based on the business surveys’ fi ndings enabled to trace the development of competition during the pre crisis period of rapid...

FThis paper was prepared based on the surveys among managers of industrial enterprises, which are conducted by IET in compliance with the European harmonized methodology monthly, from September 1992 and cover the entire territory of the Russian Federation. The panel is about 1100 companies,...

This paper was prepared using data of monthly business surveys conducted by the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (IEP) among managers of industrial enterprises since September 1992. The surveys are based on the European harmonized methodology and encompass the entire territory of the Russian...