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 (August-November 2023) Title: Хозяйственное обозрение (август-ноябрь 2023 г.) Abstract: In August 2023, many of the indicators surveyed by REB again looked quite optimistic; some were at record high positions in the entire history of REB’s observations. For example, capacity utilization rate remained record high – 90% (second place). The volume of orders was 101% of the normal monthly level, equated to 100 (third place). The share of enterprises in «good» or «normal» financial condition reached 92% (second place). The share of enterprises that have no debts to banks and are not expected to have in the next three months increased to 57% (second place). The diffusion index of stocks of finished products, on the contrary, reached an «absolute» historical minimum for more than 30 years (30%). 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: 11 Month: November Pages: 18-25 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/r2389.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:r2389