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 IN JANUARY 2015: FACTORS AND TRENDS
Abstract: In January 2015, a drop of 5.1% and 6.3% year-on-year in retail trade volume and investments in capital assets, respectively, had a considerable eff ect on the domestic market. The dynamics of the consumer market was determined by a simultaneous drop of 5.5% and 3.5% in demand on food products and non-food products, respectively, as compared to January 2014. In January 2015, the market of investment goods and services was characterized by a decrease of 3.5% year on year in building. In January 2015, industrial production increased by 0.9% year on year with growth of 1.5% in the primary sector and a drop of 0.1% in manufacturing. In January 2015, the total number of the unemployed and the number of the offi cially registered unemployed increased by 3% and 2.6%, respectively, but the above indices remained much below the respective values of January 2014.
Classification-JEL: E20, E21, E22, E60
Keywords: Real economy, trends, 
Journal: Russian Economic Developments
Year: 2015
Issue: 3
Month: March
Pages: 22-24
File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/481Izryadnova.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:481