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: THE REAL SECTOR OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY: FACTORS AND TRENDS IN JULY 2015 Abstract: This year, Russia’s domestic market was operating under the negative eff ects of shrinking domestic demand. In July 2015, the retail trade turnover index amounted to 90.8%; the index of paid services delivered to the popula- tion – to 97.5%; and the index of investment in fi xed assets – to 91.5% in annual terms. Over the same month, output in the processing industries dropped to 92.9% on July 2014. The growth rates in the processing industries were negatively infl uenced by the shrinking output of capital goods. Classification-JEL: E20, E21, E22, E60 Keywords: Real economy, trends, Russian economy Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2015 Issue: 9 Month: September Pages: 14-16 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/584Izryadnova.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:584