The results of decomposition of output growth rates demonstrate that, in 2014, gross value added (GVA) in industrial production continued to be pushed up by the increasing inputs of extensive factors. The preliminary estimates of the growth rates of combined factor productivity (CFP) derived for...

According to business surveys carried out by the Gaidar Institute1, the initial data on the state of the Russian industry in the beginning of 2015 which was called a crisis year has little evidence of the crisis. The actual dynamics of demand and output, estimates of stocks of fi nished products...

According to the business surveys of the Gaidar Institute1, the first data of December on the Russian industry has no (pre)crisis evidence. Demand demonstrated the dynamics which is typical of the end of the year; sales volumes suit most enterprises and there is no concern about stocks of fi...

The data obtained by Gaidar Institute’s business surveys show that anticipations concerning consumer growth in May, which encouraged enterprises to increase their output, were not borne out, and the June growth in output against weakening demand became a problem for the Russian industrial...

First data of Gaidar Institute’s business surveys on the situation in the Russian production sector in May 2013 show that the situation has been deteriorating in the sector. Enterprises had to further slow down their output, lower prices, reduce the number of employees and be very careful...

In January–August 2013, the global oil market was characterized by the persistence of high oil prices. The 2013 annual volume of crude oil production in Russia will exceed 520 million tons, hitting record high since 1990. At the same time, according to statistics, the Russian oil industry is...

According to the data obtained during a series of business surveys conducted by Gaidar Institute1, the situation with the Russian industrial sector in July 2013 can be evaluated through a few of contradictive components, namely continued demand weakening, mass usage of the price factor for sales...

The results of decomposition of output growth rates demonstrate that in the period of 2012 – the first half year of 2013 the rate of GDP growth was predominantly influenced by the inputs provided by the main production factors. Labor and capital inputs, on the average, determine 80% of the...

As industry gets back into work mode after the January holidays1 this is occurring slowly and does not promise any new positive trends. A steeper decline in demand has resulted in the slowdown of output with the normal levels of excess reserves of finished products. Companies are having to be...

According to the data of business surveys carried out by the Gaidar Institute1, the first estimates of March did not identify any principal changes in the dynamics of demand, output, employment and investments of the Russian industry. However, enterprises’ prices have, probably, started to...