Government support measures continue to shield household income from economic impact of COVID-19 in second quarter of 2020

 

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12 Nov. 2020 - Despite the significant (10.6%) fall in real GDP growth per capita in the OECD area in the second quarter of 2020, growth in real household income per capita, which provides a better picture of changes in households’ economic well-being, increased by 5.3% on the back of COVID-19 government support measures.

 

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 Source: OECD Household Dashboard: cross country comparisons

 

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