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...

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...

The decline in economic growth rates in 2015 is determined by contraction in both investment and consumer demand. Fixed investment in May 2015 decreased by 7.6% and retail turnover by 9.2% compared to May 2014.The narrowing of domestic demand increased the downtrend in industrial production. On...

In May 2015, investments in capital assets amounted to 92.4%, while in January-May 2015, to 95.2% as compared to respective indices of 2014. A drop in investments which continues for six quarters running has been determined by a decline of business activities since H2 2012 and made worse by the...

We present a model where the saving rate of the household sector, especially households at the bottom of the income distribution, becomes the endogenous variable that adjusts in order for full employment to be maintained over time. An increase in income inequality and the current account deficit...

According to the preliminary data of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, in Q1 2015 GDP amounted to 97.8% against the index of Q1 2014. A simultaneous shrinkage of consumer demand and investments in capital assets had a negative effect on the domestic market in 2015....

In early 2015, Russia's domestic market was strongly affected by the simultaneous shrinkage of consumer and investment demand. In February 2015, the retail trade turnover index amounted to 92.3% in annual terms; the index of paid services delivered to the population amounted to 98.5%; and the...

Early in 2015, a further drop in investment activities was registered. In January-February 2015, investments in capital assets and the volumes of jobs in the building industry amounted to 93.6% and 96.7%, respectively, as compared to the relevant indices of the previous year

The Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy has analyzed the state of Russia's light industry and made a comparative analysis of the competitive power of production chains of Russian manufacturers and their principal foreign competitors. The analysis shows low degree of integration of Russia's...