Majority of CIS Economies Halt Growth
Experts from the HSE Centre for Business Tendency Studies (CBTS) analysed for the first time the growth of the manufacturing industry in CIS countries between 2004 and 2016. It was conducted within the framework of a regional project of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) “Improvement of industrial statistics and development of indicators of industrial performance for policy-relevant analysis in CIS countries”.
Figure of the day: -26%
was the consumer confidence index in the fourth quarter of 2015. This is one of the lowest indicators in the six years following the 2008–2009 crisis. These data are presented in a new Monitoring of the Economic Sentiment Index study carried out by HSE ISSEK Centre for Business Tendency Studies. The study used the results of sample surveys of 5,000 respondents representing the adult population (carried out on a quarterly basis by the Federal State Statistics Service).