In October 2015, the negative factors in the Russian economy included, firstly, declining consumer demand on the back of a drop of 11.7% and 5.2% in retail trade volume and households' real income, respectively, secondly, a 5.2% reduction of investments in capital assets and, thirdly, a higher...

In January–September 2015, the Russian economy posted shrinking domestic and external demand. In September 2015, the domestic market was negatively affected by decrease of investment in fixed assets by 5.6% and the fall of retail turnover by 10.4% against the corresponding period of the...

This paper deals with domestic capital investments in Russia in 2014. Last year the trend towards declining investment in fixed assets was fairly predictable being determined by the fall of investments, which had been under way since Q2 2013. According to the results of 2014, investments in...

This paper deals with Russia's marcoeconomic structure. The author analyzes major trends and drivers, major GDP characteristics, changes in GDP structure, production development and structure by type of economic activity

Worsening of the rates of the economic slump in July-August 2015 was justified by a decrease in the internal demand. In August 2015, the volume of investments in capital assets fell by 6.8%, while the volume of the retail trade turnover, by 9.1% as compared to August 2014. Due to shrinkage 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 January thru May 2013 capital investments in real terms stood at 99.6% on a year-on-year basis. An uptrend in corporate own funds and federal budget funds was boosted in the structure of sources of investment financing. In Q1 2013, investments dropped in real terms on a year-on-year basis by...

This paper deals with Russia's production macrostructure in 2012. The author focuses on the post-crisis performance of the Russian economy, main characteristics of GDP utilization and changes in the GDP structure by source of income

The slowdown of the economic growth in April 2013 was determined by the slackening of the investment demand dynamics. In April 2013 the investments in fixed assets made 99.3%, in January-April – 99.8% of the corresponding indices of the previous year. However, the indices of the industrial...

Unlike the previous two years when the domestic market's weakness was made up for by growth in the foreign trade balance and net exports, in 2019 the development of the Russian economy took place amid a simultaneous decline of the growth rates of overall domestic demand and foreign trade. In...