Economic Situation in the Far Eastern Federal District in 2012
On the basis of the official statistics for 2012 the authors analyzed and evaluated the tendencies of socio-economic development of the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD). The paper considers the economic situation in the FEFD in comparison with national trends, current development conditions in the sphere of production of goods and services, social sphere and the sphere of external economic cooperation. We can state the following basic trends: the economic slowdown; significant reduction of investments along with its negative growth pace; accelerated growth of wages in budget and commercial sectors of the economy; unemployment reduction against the background of economic slowdown; exports reduction; significant growth of foreign investments.