25 December 2002 15:08
A000000 * RUSSIA * PRICES * INDEX * CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IN RUSSIA OVER THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 2002 REACHES 13.3 PER CENT
The consumer price index in Russia over the first 11 months of the current year reached 13.3 per cent, Vladimir
Sokolin, chairman of Russia's Goskomstat, told journalists on Wednesday. According to him, by the year-end the
consumer price index will be about 15 per cent.
The number of unemployed, according to Goskomstat, in the first 11 months was 14.3 per cent. Sokolin also said that
the volume of industrial production between January and November rose by 3.7 per cent, compared with the same period of
2001. Besides, the volume of investments over this period increased by 2.5 per cent, real cash incomes of the population
by 9 per cent, and real wages by 17.4 per cent.
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