Real incomes of the population of the most developed countries, members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in the first quarter of 2018 increased by 0.7% compared to the previous quarter, when growth was 0.4%. At the same time, the growth rates of the incomes turned out to be higher than the rates of economic development - the GDP growth per capita in these countries increased by 0.4%. The OECD report notes that the dynamics of income between different countries are significantly different. Among the countries that make up the G7, where revenue growth accelerated from 0.2% to 0.6%, the most significant acceleration was recorded in Germany, in the United Kingdom and in the United States. In the euro area, real incomes rose by 0.1%, in the EU, on the contrary, they decreased by 0.1%.
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