Key economic sector results in April

Макроэкономика 19.05.2015 Judging by the monthly performance this April of the key sectors of the economy, including agriculture, construction, transportation, retail trade and industry, the economy is still struggling. All sectors declined except for transportation where activity rose quite visibly from the previous month thanks to cargo transportation, which increased 9.6% from the previous month in seasonally adjusted terms. Passenger turnover slid 0.4% to previous month, albeit it increased 10.1% to the same month a year ago in seasonally adjusted terms. The industrial sector showed the most dramatic decline, down 21.5% YTD, and 2% from the previous month (and down by 0.1% in monthly seasonally adjusted terms).