Vol 4, No 2 (2017)

In article the main characteristics of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) zone are considered. Removal of barriers on trade in goods between member countries became a main objective of creation of this association. Authors come to a conclusion that the world's largest regional free trade zone has promoted the countries to improve the economic situation, namely: The USA has received cheap labor, has lowered costs for production with preservation of appropriate quality; Mexico has got access to the American market, jobs and a big stream of investments; Canada has increased the volume of export as access to the Mexican market has opened.

Inобеспечение the articleтоваров the authorисле considers theотношении West African economic and экономической monetary Union (WAEMU), describescountry its history and stage of formation, goals and organizational structure, main activities and prospects. WAEMU is the effective union which forms trade policy of many African countries.

In article specifics of cooperation of the countries of Latin America within economic association MERCOSUR are considered. On the basis of the analysis of specifics of the economic relations within this commonwealth of the states of the continent it is established that the organization represents asymmetric regional integration, the uniting catching-up countries having different levels of economic development. The author has drawn a conclusion that progress MERCOSUR has been caused by the capacity of his market, high degree of openness to the outside world, variety of resources and production potential, and also extensive institutional communications which the group has managed to adjust as with large trade blocks (as the European Union), and with the countries of the Latin American subcontinent.

The European Union as integration group, can't but interest and not draw attention to itself, especially Russian Federation adjoining to her, and in a case with the Kaliningrad region, practically its surrounded. The European Union for us – the main and closest economic partner, history and which experience is very important also for domestic development. In work on the basis of official statistical data the complex analysis of state of the economy of the European Union and its countries is carried out, the main tendencies of his development are defined. By results of the conducted research it is revealed that history of creation of integration group in modern understanding carries very long time period.

To study the issues of the preservation and development of human society, in order to provide conditions for a decent and creative life of people, knowledge is needed about the methods for calculating the indices of the development of people's potential, their life and development. Indices allow you to evaluate, compare and compare many of the criteria and indicators of people's living standards in the regions of the world. They have already been created.  The purpose of the study is to characterize the positions of the CIS countries in the international rating tables on the Human Development Index (HDI) and the indices of the society's information in dynamics over a number of years. This will reveal the changes that are taking place. In the countries with "transitional economies" (the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States - CIS), the situation has radically changed over the past 25 years. It is necessary to adjust the direction of further development. The CIS countries should occupy a worthy place in the modern information world. However, it is shown that the CIS countries still occupy not very high positions in the HDI rankings.

Article is devoted to practical aspects of creation and functioning of the SEA in Russia, including in the context of international experience. The role of the act of the Russian Federation "About special economic zones" is in detail investigated. The perspective of balance of interests of investors and the state through a prism of interrelation of the preferential mode and mutual obligations of residents of zones and state agencies is considered. The important place is allocated for a research of negative tendencies and risks in this sphere.

In article much attention is paid to the main directions of development of monetary policy which are defined by the Central Bank. The research of theoretical bases, purposes, the main tools and principles of monetary policy is conducted. The role and functions of the Central bank concerning monetary policy is shown. Monetary and credit indicators for 2014-2015 are analysed, and also features of monetary policy of Russia are studied. The key problems interfering development of monetary policy are revealed and actions of the Bank of Russia for its improvement are offered.

In article the major factors defining stability of the enterprises of electrical power branch are considered. On the basis of the conducted theoretical researches and the analysis of financial performance of the enterprises of the electricity sector there is a specification and consideration of internal and external factors of stability and their value for the company now. The main emphasis in article is placed on management of organizational innovations, and also on feature of their introduction. Following the results of article conclusions which represent practical value for the enterprises of electrical power branch have been drawn.

In article features of placement of the headquarters of the largest multinational corporations in the countries of the world and the global cities are considered. Multinational corporations act as the main driving force of modern process of transnationalization. At the end of the 20th century of multinational corporation became a key link in development of the international economic relations and world economy in general. World corporations have significant effect not only on national economy, but also on development of the cities in which the company headquarters is based. The key to the growing market consumption of the leading cities is a global reach of multinational corporations regarding production, forces of a brand and retail networks. Processes of transformation and shift of poles of economic power are of great interest. The profile of the markets as a factor of welfare is displaced with developed on developing countries. The main catalyst of such current global trends is activity of multinational corporation.