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Among economic organizations, small and medium-sized businesses are most trusted (33%) - a decrease of 5 percentage points. since 2020. The least confidence is in large business (18%) - a decrease of 5 pp. since 2020.
The natural decline in the population of Russia (the excess of the number of deaths over the number of births) jumped in January-August by 71.6% in annual terms to 595.3 thousand people against 346.9 thousand people in January-August 2020, Rosstat reports, as cited by Russia Business Today. The number of births decreased in January-August by 1.1% to 928,184 people against 938,295 people in January-August 2020. The number of deaths increased in January-August by 18.5% to 1,523,646 people against 1,285,199 people in January-August 2020. In August, 125,357 children were born in Russia (-1%), 208,237 people died (+32.5%). The natural population decline was 82,880 people (an increase of 2.7 times). The natural decline in the population of Russia more than doubled in 2020 – up to 688.7 thousand people against 316.2 thousand people in 2019. Last year’s figure became the highest since 2005 when the natural population decline was 846.6 thousand people. The population of Russia decreased in 2020 by 500 thousand people to 146.17mn people.
3.0 Macro Economy 3.1 Macroeconomic overview
One-off factors supported Russian economic growth in September.
Rosstat statistics published last week showed that despite accelerating inflation, expanding logistical problems and a worsening epidemiological situation, there has not yet been a significant slowdown in growth rates in many sectors. In our opinion, the economy was supported by a number of
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