Real income of population of Kazakhstan increases by 5.5%

AKIPRESS.COM - The real income of the population of Kazakhstan grew by 5.5%, Prime Minister Askar Mamin told an extended government session on Monday. According to him, average wage increased by 9% due to implementation of social measures on economic development of Kazakhstan.
Mamin noted that the foreign trade within 6 months of 2019 has risen by 3.3%. The state revenue in this period was executed at 4 trillion 370 billion tenge exceeding the plan at 148 billion tenge, he noted.
"As of July 2019, expenditures of the state budget amounted to 6 trillion 342 billion tenge or 99.6% of the plan. Inflation rate was 4.8%," the PM noted.
According to him, 1.1 million low-paid employees in the country got raise in their wages in average by 31%.