December 2020 showed record high values for a number of key indicators. Capacity utilization rate (86%) and labor utilization rate (96%) reached maximum values for almost 30 years of observation. The order-book level reached 92%; it was higher only twice in 2007. The diffusion indices of wages (+17 percentage points), production and purchases of equipment (+10 pp each), order-book level (+7 pp) were noticeably better than in November. At the same time, 89% of enterprises participating in the survey expect an increase in prices for purchased products in three months. The corresponding diffusion index, which had not been so high for about two years, also rose to 93.