Fixed Investment in January-September 2018: Convincing Growth with Some Reservations

Alexey Vedev – Head of the Center of Structural Research, Institute for Applied Economic Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Leading Research fellow of Department for Financial Studies of the Gaidar Institute, Doctor of Economic Sciences. Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Olga Berezinskaya – Research fellow of the Center of Structural Research, Institute for Applied Economic Studies, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration; Research fellow of the Department for Finsancial Studies of the Gaidar Institute. Е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In January-September 2018, fixed investment went up by 4.1% against the same period of the previous year. According to the official statistics the Russian economy overcomes the investment pause relatively slowly but at stable rates. This data will add optimism for the public annual report although it is hard for the expert community to share such optimism.

Key words: fixed investment, investment structure, investment pause, economic growth.