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 H1 2015: FACTORS AND TRENDS
Abstract: In H1 2015, business activities in the Russian economy were determined by weakening of the external and internal demand. In H1 2015, a decrease of 5.4% and 8.0% in investments in capital assets and the volume of the retail trade, respectively, as compared to the respective period of the previous year produced a negative eff ect on the domestic market. In Q2, the situation became more complicated due to a greater slump in the industry to 4.9%, including the manufacturing industry to 5.1% as compared to the indices of the previous year. A drop in real wages and salaries with a consolidating trend of growth in general and registered unemployment is an alarming factor.
Classification-JEL: E20, E21, E22, E60
Keywords: Russian Economy 
Journal: Russian Economic Developments
Year: 2015
Issue: 8
Month: August
Pages: 24-27
File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/566Izryadnova.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:566