The World - News from Jan. 26, 1986
The Soviet economy grew by 3.1% in 1985, slightly below planners’ targets but up compared to 1984, the Central Statistics Board said. Western economic experts in Moscow said the figures for national income and industrial production indicated that the Soviet economy had rebounded from a slow start to achieve moderate growth for the year. But they noted that weak production of oil, a major export, continues to hamper Kremlin efforts to modernize the economy.
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