OECD household income up 0.7% in first quarter of 2018, outpacing GDP growth 

 

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20/08/2018 - Growth in real household income per capita, which provides a better picture of changes in households’ economic well-being than real GDP growth per capita, picked-up to 0.7% in the OECD area in the first quarter of 2018 compared with 0.4% in the fourth quarter of 2017, outpacing real GDP growth per capita, which slowed to 0.4% (from 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2017). However, the totals for the OECD as a whole mask significant variations across countries.

 

Real household income and GDP per capita
Percentage change on the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted data

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* See country note for the United Kingdom in the technical note.

 

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• Next publication date: 8 November 2018
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