Prognostic function of economic science in modern Russian transitive economy.
The article highlights the prognostic function of economic science in the modern Russian transitional economy as a role of economic science indicating the proper development vector for the Russian economy, including the ways to overcome obstacles - both existing and perspective. Special attention is paid to the following problems: of property, as a key problem in Russian economy; of the fi nancial and banking sector both in terms of its current challenges resolution and the need to migrate (return) from its central position to secondary role in the economy.