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 SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY: FACTORS AND TRENDS IN FEBRUARY 2014 Abstract: In February 2014, industrial production increased by 2.1% on an annualised basis, including a 3.4% increase in manufacturing. However, the production of machines and equipment decreased by 11.4%, construction materials, by 2.0%, and construction works, by 2.4% in annual terms. Demand for services slowed sharply. In January-February 2014 the indices of retail turnover and paid services provided to the public were 103.2% and 101.0% of the corresponding figures for the previous year, whilst, in the year before that, these indicators had been 0.6 and 3.3 percentage points higher. Classification-JEL: E20, E21, E22, E60 Keywords: Real economy, trends, Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2014 Issue: 4 Month: April Pages: 15-17 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/314Izryadnova.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:314