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: FACTORS AND TRENDS IN JANUARY-OCTOBER 2014 Abstract: In January–September 2014, the index of physical volumes of GDP amounted to 100.8% on the respective period of 2013. The positive factors behind positive quarterly dynamics of GDP are, fi rstly, the speed-up of growth rates of manufacturing industries to 3.6% year-on-year in October 2014 against 0.6% a year before, secondly, growth in consumer demand though its rates are much lower than the index of October 2013 and, thirdly, growth in the net export despite a decrease in the foreign trade turnover. In January–October 2014, a 2.5% reduction in investments in capital assets on the respective period of the previous year had a negative eff ect on the domestic market. Classification-JEL: E20, E21, E22, E60 Keywords: Real economy, trends, Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2014 Issue: 12 Month: December Pages: 14-16 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/428Izryadnova.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:428