It is generally accepted that small and medium-sized businesses for any economy are the core that allows to largely adhere to sustainable growth. For example, most of the developed economies of the world have a significant share of SMEs in their GDP, 50% or more in Germany, the USA, Japan, Great Britain and many other countries, which are also famous for their industry and large enterprises. In Russia, this indicator cannot exceed the mark of 25%, despite the fact that the list of criteria by which an enterprise can be classified as an SME is expanding and a constant policy of state support is being pursued.

The fundamental factor in the development of small businesses anywhere in the world is the availability of credit, so our analysts are monitoring the state of this lending market in the Russian Federation, and some of our products are aimed at improving the efficiency of such lending.

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Previous research results can be  download here

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Frequency: monthly / as statistics become available

Source: official statistics of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation