Forecasting of Social and Economic Development of the Regions with the Help of the Models of Complex Valued Economics

The article considers the possibility of the use of complex valued index, which includes both material and imaginary parts, as an indicator of the level of region's development. The material part of this index characterizes the income level of the region's population and thereby is the generalizing index of its economic development level. We can judge about the correlation of social and economic components of regional development on the basis of complex valued index polar angle change analysis. The forecasting of the index gives the possibility of defining the tendencies and character of the regional development dynamics.