Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Olga Izryadnova Author-Name-First: Olga Author-Name-Last: Izryadnova Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: Real Economy: Trends and Factors in February 2013 Abstract:At the beginning of 2013 the Russian economy was characterized by the slowdown of the internal and external demand. This year the domestic market was considerably infl uenced by the drop of production in February 2013 by 2.1% as compared with February 2012. The manufacturing industry index in annual terms made 99.9% versus February 2012 the deepest recession being observed in machine building complex. The total of the unemployed over January-February 2013 remained below the corresponding fi gure of the previous year, exceeding though the average fi gure of H2 2012. Classification-JEL: E20, E21, E22, E60 Keywords: Real economy, trends, February 2013 Year: 2013 Issue: 4 Month: April Pages: 17-19 Journal:Russian Economic Developments File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/105Izryadnova.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:105