Conceptual characteristics of the digital economy at the present stage

The article discusses the conceptual characteristics of the digital economy at the present stage. It is established that the development of electronic business has changed the processes of functioning, interconnection and interaction in the environment of economic systems. It is determined that the digital economy sector acts as a sphere in which the processes of digitalization, informatization of the country’s economy and its industries are carried out. It was found out that the economy, due to the introduction of digitalization processes, has a direct impact on the development and functioning of all other sectors and spheres of economic life: agriculture, mining, processing industry, transport, tourism, finance, communications and other sectors of the national economy. It is proved that the digital economy is a new sector of economic functioning in which the main means of production are digital devices, data, innovations, technologies and communications. It is determined that the main basic elements of the digital economy are the subjects of the digital economy sector, directly producing, developing digital technologies and ensuring the implementation of digitalization processes, as well as being direct participants in relations in digital business. It is established that the formation and implementation of the digital technology sector requires significant financial and investment support, necessary both for the creation of new technological developments, innovations, and for their implementation.