Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Tsukhlo Sergey Author-Name-First: Sergey Author-Name-Last: Tsukhlo Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Russian industrial sector in 2020: (based on surveys’ findings) Abstract: The slow slowdown in demand that commenced in late 2019 forced the industrial sector to hold back output growth in early 2020. Furthermore, in January, the expectations (plans) and forecasts of enterprises maintained a stable level of optimism. And the shortage of personnel forced businessmen to make every effort to retain workers and to plan to expand hiring. Classification-JEL: C53; E37; L21; L52 Keywords: Russian economy, industrial sector, industrial output Creation-Date: 2021 Revision-Date: 2021 Length: 17 pages File-URL: https://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/ppaper/ppaper-2021-1125.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised Version, 2021 Handle: RePEc:gai:ppaper:ppaper-2021-1125