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: RUSSIA’S REAL SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY: FACTORS AND TRENDS IN AUGUST 2014 Abstract: In August 2014, the dynamics of baseline types of economic activities weakened. With stagnation of industrial production at the level of August 2013, manufacturing industries fell by 0.6%. Investments in capital assets fell by 2.7% against August 2014 and irregularities in fulfi llment of jobs in the building industry became higher. Reduction of growth in households’ real income and higher inflationary expectations have resulted in slowdown of the dynamics of households’ consumer demand. Classification-JEL: E20, E21, E22, E60 Keywords: Real economy, trends, Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2014 Issue: 10 Month: September Pages: 15-17 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/399Izryadnova.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:399