POPULATION’S INCOMES INCREASED BY 16.7%, EXPENSES BY 17.2% IN JAN-AUG,
2004

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 20. ARMINFO. In Jan-Aug, 2004 the Armenian
population’s incomes increased by 16.7%, totalling 764.7 bln
drams. According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical
Service of Armenia, in Aug as against July the incomes increased by
0.9%. Expenses of the population totaled 769.2 bln drams, increasing
by 17.2% during the eight months of the current year, and they
increased by 0.3% in Aug as against July. In Jan-Aug 2004 AMD/USD
exchange rate was 549.08 drams against one US dollar.

The average monthly nominal wages in Armenia totaled 40,642 drams,
increasing by 31.0% as against the same period of last year, and in
Aug as compared with July 2004 it increased by 0.4%. The average
monthly wages of citizens employed in budget organizations was 25,925
drams (40.4% growth in Jan-Aug). The average monthly wages of citizens
employed in non-budgetary organizations totaled 52,898 drams (27.2%
increase). The wages of one employee in budgetary organizations and
non-budgetary organizations increased by 0.4% in Aug as against July,
2004. By the end of August of the current year the number of
officially registered unemployed persons was 113,300 people,
decreasing by 8.0% in Jan-Aug, and in Aug as against July it decreased
by 0.8%.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress