Round-table discussion "The forecast of socio-economic development of the Russian Federation until 2015." What will happen to food prices? How will the change of macroeconomic indicators affect the economy? What will happen to small and medium-sized businesses in the framework of WTO? These and other questions will be answered during the round table.
According to the annual report “Prospects of the world economy”, predictions of the International Monetary Fund on the growth of Russian economy for 2012-2013 decreased by 0.3% and 0.1% in comparison with the July predictions – down to 3.7% and 3.8%. At the same time the IMF predictions are higher than official data of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia: 3.5% and 3.7%. Nevertheless, Russian experts state that the basic forecast of the MED is too optimistic.
