Igor Nikolaev: "Industry in March"

“Against the backdrop of a portion of optimistic statements about the state of the Russian economy that we have heard recently, it was especially interesting to look at what industrial production showed in March. What is the streak there today? “Black” or “gray”?

The fact is that, according to Rosstat data (published, by the way, with a noticeable delay), after a slight increase in February - by 1% in annual terms - industry in March, although not by much, decreased - by 0.5%. . Moreover, there could have been a much greater drop, but the growth in mining production turned out to be salutary - by 4.2% compared to March 2015."