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 (July-October 2023) Title: Хозяйственное обозрение (июль-октябрь 2023 г.) Abstract: In July 2023, capacity utilization rate continued to remain at a record high level (90% – the second place in the entire history of the REB’s observations since December 1991). The same can be said about labor utilization rate (99% – the first place, but a reiteration of the June value). In general, many of the indicators assessed by the REB in July looked quite optimistic: the order-book level amounted to 102% of the normal monthly level, equated to 100 (second place). The diffusion index of employment added 13 points per month and amounted to 57%. The diffusion index of expenditures for equipment reached 44% – the highest value in the last 1,5 years. At the same time, it should be noted that the indices of input prices (both actual and anticipated) remain high. 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: 10 Month: October Pages: 10-17 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/r2379.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:r2379