Statistics now says Russians real income fall to 8.3% in 2013–2018

MOSCOW, Apr 23 (PRIME) -- Russians’ real disposable income fell 8.3% from 2013 through 2018 under the new methodology of the Federal State Statistics Service as compared with a fall of 10.9% calculated previously, the authority said on Tuesday.

The service changed the methodology in March.

Under the new calculation technique, real disposable income grew 0.1% in 2018 as compared with a 0.2% fall under the old methodology, adjusted to a 0.1% fall after collecting new data.

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