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: THE RUSSIAN INDUSTRY IN MARCH 2015 Abstract: According to business surveys carried out by the Gaidar Instiute1, in Q1 2015 the Russian industry managed to escape the crisis output gap despite a slow recovery of demand after January holidays. The latter factor does not suit a growing number of enterprises which judging by the estimates of stocks of fi nished products confi dently control for the time being the balance between demand and supply. Slowdown of growth in prices, reduction of the banking rate and breaking of the negative trend in investment plans appear explicitly positive. Classification-JEL: E30, E31, C81, L11 Keywords: Russian Industry Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2015 Issue: 5 Month: May Pages: 23-25 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/521Tsukhlo.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:521