The results of January-September 2013 point to the continued trend in economic growth slowdown. Within the above period, the industrial production index amounted to 100.1% on January-September 2012, including that of manufacturing industry which was equal to 99.7%. The index of agricultural...

The trend towards slower economic dynamics by basic types of economic activity kept progressing in the period of May thru August 2013. With industrial production stagnating at the level of January-August 2012, manufacturing and electric power production contracted by 0.2% and 1.1% respectively....

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...

Capital investments stood at 99.3% in real terms in January-July 2013 against the previous year. The structure of sources of investment financing kept showing an uptrend in the share of equity funds and federal budget funds. In H1 2013, general level of investment activity was adversely affected...

In the 1st half of 2013, business activity in the Russian economy was determined by weakening of the external demand on goods of the Russian export and moderate growth in domestic demand. A decrease in investments in capital assets and stagnation of manufacturing industries had a negative effect...

The volume of investments in fixed assets over the period of January-July 2015 in real terms amounted to 94.1%; the index for July dropped to 91.5% on the same month of last year. The structure of sources of investment financing displayed a strengthening trend towards increasing the share of...

This year, Russia's domestic market was operating under the negative effects of shrinking domestic demand. In July 2015, the retail trade turnover index amounted to 90.8%; the index of paid services delivered to the population – to 97.5%; and the index of investment in fixed assets – to...

In H1 2015, business activities in the Russian economy were determined by weakening of the external and internal demand. In H1 2015, a decrease of 5.4% and 8.0% in investments in capital assets and the volume of the retail trade, respectively, as compared to the respective period of the previous...

In November 2015, the economic dynamics' downward trend gathered momentum. Annual industrial production index in November 2015 amounted to 96.5%, including manufacturing sector – to 94.7%. Fixed capital investment in November of the current year contracted by 4.9% against November 2014 amid...

The present study examines the inter-relationship between economic growth, savings rate and inflation for south-east and south Asia in a simultaneous equation framework using two stage least squares with panel data. The relationship between savings rate and growth has been found to be...