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Figures and Factsäîñòóïíûå ñòðàíèöû:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Russians are taking longer to find work 30 April 2009 The majority of Russians who find themselves without work as a result of the crisis have to spend longer looking for new work today than they did in the Autumn. So, if last Autumn a quarter (27%) of those who lost their job could find a new job within a few days, then this Spring the number with such luck has halved (14%)... “Millionaires” lower expenses Residents of megapolises manifest a cutdown in household expenditures 30 April 2009 In the week of April 20-26, 2009 SCIF index ‘household consumption of the average town dweller’ made up 93,7 % (-6,3 %) as compared to the previous week. Last week the expenditures of Russians – citizens of large towns manifested an appreciable general decline. The tendency showed itself most clearly in Moscow. Here, the household consumption expenditures decreased by 11,2% as compared to the previous week... Housewarming parties put off until better times World barometer of the financial crisis Second wave of international survey on the current financial crisis 28 April 2009 Results of the second stage of the study “WIN Crisis Index”* for the past three months, published by Romir, confirm that people are not in a hurry to acquire new property during the crisis. However, at the same time, there was also a small positive increase in how people in different countries perceive the situation on the property market... Consumer success in adapting to the crisis ‘Indexes of household consumption’ for the week 13th to 19th April 2009 24 April 2009 SCIF index ‘household consumption of the average town dweller’ - an index of everyday consumption of consumer goods - was 98.5% (-1.5%) in relation to the previous week. Thus, expenditure on everyday household consumption has stabilized and since the middle of March has had practically no growth. It seems that households in cities have adapted their expenditure levels and their shopping basket to the crisis times. Almost half of Russians expect their income to decrease In the past 3 months their number has grown by 15% 22 April 2009 Romir continues to publish the results of the international study “World barometer of the financial crisis”. In March 2009 the biggest independent companies in the international research network WIN (Worldwide Independent Network) completed the second wave of the global project WIN Crisis Index, the main task of which is to measure peoples’ perceptions of the financial crisis in separate countries and in the world as a whole... ‘Indexes of household consumption’ for the week 6th to 12th April 2009 16 April 2009 SCIF index ‘household consumption of the average town dweller’ an index of everyday consumption of consumer goods was 102,1 % (+2.1%) in relation to the previous week. Since the previous week there were practically no changes in the outgoings of residents of large Russian towns... Russian urban dwellers did not economize on 8th of March ‘Indexes of household consumption’ for March 2009 14 April 2009 SCIF index “household consumption of the average town dweller“ – an index of the changes in a household’s outgoings on everyday household consumption – was 113.1% (+13.1%) compared to February 2009 and 122.3% (+22.3%) compared to March 2008. The analogous indicators for the previous month were: 99.1% (-0.9%) and 132.3 (+32.3%)... No change on the household consumption front ‘Indices of household consumption’ 9 April 2009 In the week 30th March to 5th April 2009 the following changes took place in what families in large towns in Russia spent on everyday household consumption... End of March. Expenditure started to a grow slightly ‘Indexes of household consumption’ for the week 23-29th March 2009 3 April 2009 In the week 23-29th of March 2009 the following changes took place in households’ spending on everyday consumption in large towns in Russia. SCIF index ‘household consumption of the average town dweller’ - an index of everyday consumption of consumer goods - was 103.7% (+3.7%) in relation to the previous week (from 16 to 22 March 2009) and 120.9% (+20.9%) in relation to the analogous week in 2008 (from 24 to 30 March 2008). Expenditure of inhabitants of big cities in Russia has risen slightly overall since last week. The rise in outgoings has been noted in all types of town from the capital to regional centers... Intuition or experience: small business gives the most accurate forecast for the economic future of the country 31 March 2009 National bank TRUST and research holding Romir have published results of regular research into the condition of Russia’s small and medium enterprises. Data from the tenth wave of ‘TRUST’s SME Index’* give a unique conclusion: Russian small business started to feel a crisis even when everyone was still talking exclusively about growth of the Russian economy. Now, against a backdrop of pessimistic forecasts, the index is the only thing that keeps faith in a bright future despite the complicated situation in the present. It turned out that the forebodings of SMEs were more accurate than all the official agencies and analysts... |
