In 2018 real accrued wages and salaries of corporate employees increased in Q1 by 10.2%, by 7.6% in Q2, by 6.3 in Q3 and by 4.1% in Q4 against the same period of the previous year (Fig. 1). At the same time, real disposable cash incomes of households grew in Q1 and Q2, 2018, by 2.3 и 1.3%...

In September 2016, real disposable income and real wage were 97.2% and 102.8%, respectively, compared to the same period last year. The real size of pension benefits in August 2016 reached 96.2% compared to the same period last year. In two years, real disposable income decreased by 8.7% while...

Despite real wages weak growth since August 2016, real disposable cash incomes are contracting and material situation is getting worse. In 2016, the poverty level increased compared to 2015 and came to 13.5% which is above the poverty level of 2007–2015