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: Serzhantova Tatyana Author-Workplace-Name: Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Title: Survey of Current Business (February-May 2021) Title: Хозяйственное обозрение (февраль 2020 – май 2021 гг.) Abstract: In February 2021, the diffusion index of three-month expectations for the prices of manufactured products, which had significantly increased in the past few months, decreased by 12 percentage points, while the similar price index for purchased products lost only 6 points. The current price indices also showed a decrease, but a more moderate one. The index of three-month expectations of financial condition increased significantly (by 15 pp). It reached 61%; last time it was so high in 2015. Expectations for the diffusion index of order book level reached a three-year maximum. 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: 5 Month: May Pages: 24-31 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/r2153.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:r2153