23 Jan 2013 16:06

Russian industrial growth slows to 1.4% in Dec, below forecast - Rosstat

MOSCOW. Jan 23 (Interfax) - Russian industrial growth slowed to 1.4% in December from 1.9% in November, the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) said.

This was below the 2% growth that analysts predicted in a consensus forecast for December.

Industry grew 2.6% in 2012 as a whole. It grew 4.7% in 2011.

Industrial output rose 2.5% year-on-year in December 2011.