{"id":166327,"date":"2025-12-01T13:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T10:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166327\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"edb-wage-growth-to-drive-domestic-demand-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166327\/","title":{"rendered":"EDB: wage growth to drive domestic demand in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/magazin-torgovlia-1prof.by-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(1prof.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 1, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Continued wage growth will help maintain domestic demand in Belarus, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its weekly macroeconomic report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts pointed to a 7-percent increase in real wages in October, following an 8.6-percent rise in September. They also noted that public sector salaries saw a more significant growth, climbing 9.8 percent in October and 10.8 percent in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusians\u2019 nominal average pay before taxes amounted to 2,758 rubels (about $944) in October, climbing by 0.4 percent from the September level, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. It resumed growth after posting a decline in August and September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The real disposable income (adjusted for inflation) rose by 10.2 percent year on year in January-September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Many_Bel_Archive_POZ_1440-1171-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Many_Bel_Archive_POZ_1440-1171-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Many_Bel_Archive_POZ_1440-1171-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Many_Bel_Archive_POZ_1440-1171-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Many_Bel_Archive_POZ_1440-1171.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Households\u2019 disposable income up 4.5 percent in Q3 \u2013 Bie\u0142stat<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 28, Pozirk. Belarusian households\u2019 disposable income (net of taxes, fees and contributions, adjusted for inflation) rose by 4.5 percent in the third quarter of 2025 compared with Q2, according to Pozirk\u2018s analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/166037\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 1, Pozirk. Continued wage growth will help maintain domestic demand in Belarus, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its weekly macroeconomic report. Analysts pointed to a 7-percent increase in real wages in October, following an 8.6-percent rise in September. They also noted that public sector salaries saw a more significant growth, climbing 9.8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91203,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-166327","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EDB: wage growth to drive domestic demand in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 1, Pozirk. 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