Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Aukutsionek Sergey Author-Workplace-Name: Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Author-Name: Yegorov Andrey Author-Workplace-Name: Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Author-Name: Bachirova Inessa Author-Workplace-Name: Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Author-Name: Belyakov Stanislav Author-Workplace-Name: Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Title: Survey of Current Business (September-December 2021) Title: Хозяйственное обозрение (сентябрь-декабрь 2021 г.) Abstract: In September 2021, the indicator of orders looked very optimistic: relative to the normal level for this month taken as 100%, it gained 97%, which turned out to be a record high value in the entire history of observations. The level of labor utilization rate was very high – 95%. The diffusion index of employment showed the second highest value in 30 years of measurements – 56%. Among production restrictive factors, high prices for raw materials, materials and semi-finished products reached the first place for the first time since 1992 (53%). The shortage of labor (34%) and skillful workers (32%) also rose significantly in the ranking. Keywords: Russia, industry, industrial enterprises, price level, wages, employment, output, investment, indebtedness to banks, order-book level, stocks of finished products, capacity utilization rate, financial situation, production restrictive factors Classification-JEL: D22, D24, G31, L23, P23 Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2021 Issue: 12 Month: December Pages: 41-49 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/r21132.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:r21132