Fixed investment growth in Russia accelerated in the third quarter

Fixed investment was up by over 5 % y-o-y in the third quarter of this year. In the first six months, on-year growth exceeded 3 %. For the entire January-September period, growth was slightly over 4 %.

Fixed investment by large and mid-sized firms, as well as the state, rose in the first nine months of the year by 1.4 % y‑o-y. Rosstat estimates that other fixed investment, including investment by small firms, was up by well over 10 %, almost the same increase as in the first half of the year.

After two years of growth, fixed investment by large and mid-sized firms in crude oil production declined by a couple of per cent in January-September. In contrast, fixed investment in natural gas production increased by nearly 50 %, even if investment growth in the branch was already brisk in the previous two years. Last year’s notable recovery in natural gas pipeline investments has continued this year. Large and mid-sized manufacturing firms markedly increased their investment, although the level of investment was still low in light of a steep three-year slump.

Share of investment of large firms, mid-sized firms and the Russian state in total fixed investment

Source: Rosstat.