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With little relief in sight for consumption, which accounts for about half the economy, Russia risks a more drawn-out crisis, according to Natalia Akindinova, director of the Development Center of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.
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Household consumption accounted for most or all expansion in gross domestic product between 2010 and 2013, according to a World Bank report published last year. It contributed 3.8 percentage points to GDP gains in 2012 and 2.3 percentage points the following year, when the broader economy gained 3.4 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively, the lender estimates.
Now most consumer indicators are flashing red.
Consumer confidence plunged last quarter to the lowest in five years. The Russia Services Business Activity Index last month shrank to the weakest reading since May 2009, sapped by a drop in incoming new contracts, outstanding business and employment.
Russia will report consumption-related statistics this week. The annual drop in real wages accelerated to 6.1 percent last month, the biggest decline since 1999, according to the median estimate of 12 analysts in a Bloomberg survey. Retail sales probably fell 1.9 percent from January 2014, which would be the first negative reading since 2009, a separate poll showed.
Now most consumer indicators are flashing red.
Consumer confidence plunged last quarter to the lowest in five years. The Russia Services Business Activity Index last month shrank to the weakest reading since May 2009, sapped by a drop in incoming new contracts, outstanding business and employment.
Russia will report consumption-related statistics this week. The annual drop in real wages accelerated to 6.1 percent last month, the biggest decline since 1999, according to the median estimate of 12 analysts in a Bloomberg survey. Retail sales probably fell 1.9 percent from January 2014, which would be the first negative reading since 2009, a separate poll showed.
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Even that confidence in the future is now fraying. A study by the Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences found that only a third of respondents described their work situation as “good” and 40 percent said there was some likelihood they’ll be unemployed within the next year. The survey, conducted in November among 4,000 people older than 18 across all regions of Russia, found that 53 percent believe the country was facing a “tense, crisis” situation. No margin of error was given.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-16/putin-lets-russian-consumers-feel-the-pain-as-economy-succumbs
Om nu någon undrade varför även Ryssland behöver fred i Donbass?
Det är egentligen för mycket info för att citera allt. Men artikeln är läsvärd och ger en bra bild av priset för Putins vansinnesimpulser i Ukraina. Folket får ta smällen och Ryssland saknar möjlighet till stimulus för den konsumtion som drivit den ryska tillväxten.