Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Izryadnova Olga Author-Name-First: Olga Author-Name-Last:Izryadnova Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: THE REAL SECTOR IN FEBRUARY 2016 Abstract: In early 2016, Russia’s domes c market was exposed to the long-continued infl uence of a simultaneous contraction of the consumer and investment markets. In January and February, the retail trade turnover index amounted to 93.4%, the volume index of commercial services rendered to the population – to 98.3%, and the construc on work volume index – to 98.3% relative to the same period of the previous year. Early 2016 saw a notable deteriora on of social parameters. In February 2016, the real disposable income and real wages of the population amounted to 93.1% and 97.4% relative to February 2015. The situatiюon in the labor market remained tense – in February, the number of officially registered unemployed increased by 5.2% on January 2016. Classification-JEL: E20, E21, E22, E60 Keywords: Real economy, trends, Russian Economy Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2016 Issue:4 Month: April Pages: 11-14 File-URL: https://iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/recdev-2016-4-602.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2016 Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:recdev-2016-4-602