Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Sergey Tsukhlo Author-Name-First:Sergey Author-Name-Last: Tsukhlo Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IN AUGUST 2014 Abstract: The initial estimates of August by industrial enterprises received by means of business surveys carried out by the Gaidar Institute1 showed improvement of the situation in industry. Actual changes in demand retained the previous dynamics; as a result, the achieved volumes of sales were rated highly by producers and permitted them to retain output growth. Estimates of stocks of fi nished products may underpin growth in production forecasted by enterprises. The only disadvantage of August was growth in interest rates off ered by banks, however, it did not aff ect enterprises’ estimate of availability of loans. Classification-JEL: E30, E31, C81, L11 Keywords: Russian Industry Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2014 Issue: 10 Month: September Pages: 18-20 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/403Tsukhlo.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:403