OECD household income growth picks up in the fourth quarter of 2018, outpacing GDP growth

 

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07/05/2019 - 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 0.5% in the OECD area in the fourth quarter of 2018, compared with 0.1% in the third quarter of 2018, outpacing real GDP growth per capita, which stood at 0.2% in the fourth quarter.

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

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