[lbo-talk] Thing Doug asked me

[Chris Doss]

While I'm at it, these are stats on the economic
growth of the last few years (taken from
http://www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/brus05/IssWWW.exe/Stg/07-01.htm
). Once again, exchange rate is 28 rubles to the $.
Note that the average pension is below the subsistence
minimum income.

                                    Year

                       2000   2001   2002   2003  
2004

Average monetary       2281   3061   3947   5171  
6337
per capita income
(rubles) (monthly)

Real income            121%   120%   116%   111%  
111%
as compared
to previous year

Average pension        694.3  1024   1379   1637  
1915
(rubles)(monthly)        

Real worth of          128%   121%    116%   105% 
106% 
pension as
compared to previous
year

Subsistence minimum    1210   1500    1808   2112 
2376
(rubles)(monthly)

% of population        28.9%  27.3%   24.2%  20.3%
17.8%
living on below 
subsistence
minimum

Nu, zayats, pogodi!

	

		
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