In March 2020, the most noticeable changes occurred with expectations. А significant decrease revealed in the index of expected in 3 months changes in the financial conditions (-23 points), output (-22 points), orders (-16 points), wages (-15 points and reaching the minimum for the last 1.5 years), purchases of equipment (-14 points). At the same time, the indicators of the actual state of enterprises in March did not change significantly, except for a slight increase in the level of labor utilization rate - to the highest value in the last six months (91%).