In the OECD, the real income of the population increased by 0.9 percent in the first quarter
In the countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the real household income increased by 0.9 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the last quarter of last year, when an increase of 0.3 percent was recorded – according to the OECD website.
Real GDP per capita increased by 0.3 percent in the first three months in the OECD.
The real income per capita increased in all G7 countries (no data for Japan), the most significant increase was in Italy, by 3.4 percent. The rate was 1.4 percent in Germany, 0.6 percent in both Canada and France, 0.3 percent in the United Kingdom, and 0.2 percent in the United States.
Within the OECD, the most significant quarterly increase in real household income was in Poland, by 10.2 percent, while the largest decrease of 1.9 percent was measured in Greece.
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