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On the diagnostics of the current state of the Russian economy and its medium-term growth prospects
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2019-2-5-35
Abstract
The article assesses the situation in the Russian economy after a two-year recovery and the outlined signs of stagnation associated with both the slowdown of the global economy and the exhaustion of domestic sources of improved market conditions. The approaches to identifying the factors that initiate growth and are different from the factors that support it are considered. In this case, emphasis was placed on the factors of uncertainty of the economic situation and the lack of domestic demand. The approaches to accelerating growth based on macroeconomic and structural policy measures are formulated, forecasts of the Russian economy dynamics for the coming years are analyzed.
Keywords
economic growth,
diagnostics of growth,
uncertainty of economic situation,
structure of economy,
economic policy
JEL: D8; E20; E23; E50; E60
About the Author
V. V. Mironov
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valery V. Mironov
Moscow
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Mironov V.V. On the diagnostics of the current state of the Russian economy and its medium-term growth prospects. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2019;(2):5-35. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2019-2-5-35
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