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 (May-August 2021) Title: Хозяйственное обозрение (май-август 2021 г.) Abstract: May 2021, according to some indicators, turned out to be even more optimistic than the previous rather favorable 2 months. The share of enterprises not purchasing equipment for two or more months in a row dropped to 14% – the lowest value in the entire history of observations. The diffusion index of expected changes in output increased by 17 percentage points to 70%, which appeared to be the highest value in the last 9 years. A similar employment index rose by only 4 points to 60%, but this turned out to be the best value of this indicator for all 30 years of observation. 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: 8 Month: August Pages: 29-36 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/r2186.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:r2186