Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Sergey P. Aukutsionek Author-Workplace-Name: Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Author-Name: Andrey S. Yegorov Author-Workplace-Name: Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Author-Name: Inessa A. Bachirova Author-Workplace-Name: Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Author-Name: Tatyana V. Serzhantova Author-Workplace-Name: Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences Title: Survey of Current Business (September-December 2023) Title: Хозяйственное обозрение (сентябрь-декабрь 2023 г.) Abstract: Most of the indicators studied by the REB in September 2023 turned out to be approximately at the level of the previous month, which means they looked optimistic again. There were also records for the entire history of REB’s observations. For example, the level of the capacity utilization rate showed a new maximum – 93%. The maximum value, though not for the first time, was reached by the labor utilization rate (99%). The volume of orders was 103% of the normal monthly level, taken as 100 (second place). The share of enterprises in «good» or «normal» financial condition has increased to 98% (4 points above the previous record). At the same time the diffusion index of the expected in 3 months debt to banks reached its minimum value – 12%. 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: 2023 Issue: 12 Month: December Pages: 42-49 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/r23102.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:r23102