THE MAIN TRENDS OF INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN REGIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Abstract

Investments as a factor of increase in level of economic development of the country and its regions have been considered. The analysis of macroeconomic indicators, which characterize the conditions and results of investment activity, has been carried out. Special attention has been paid to studying of investment activity in regions of the Russian Federation based on the system of the indicators, reflecting the volumes of investment, their directions and structure. The results of the groupings of the subjects of the Russian Federation on average annual growth rate of investment for 2012-2017 and the amount of investment per one employed person have been adduced. The analysis of the sources of investment financing and the results of investment activity has been given. The results of a survey of organizations on estimation of the factors, which limit the investment activity in the subjects of the Russian Federation, have been reviewed.

Keywords

• economic growth
• investment activity
• scorecard
• investment conditions
• investment in fixed capital
• investment directions
• sources of investment