{"id":194582,"date":"2026-07-06T12:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194582\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:56:42","slug":"db-wage-growth-in-belarus-continues-to-support-consumer-demand","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194582\/","title":{"rendered":"EDB: wage growth in Belarus continues to support consumer demand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 6, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The acceleration in real wage growth in Belarus continues to support consumer demand, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its weekly macroeconomic review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real wages in the country increased by 7.5 percent year on year in May, up from 6.7 percent growth in April, the analysts noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EDB also said that wage growth in the public sector remains above the national average, with an estimated increase of 9.9 percent. Rising wages continue to boost real disposable household incomes, which grew by 8 percent in January-April, creating conditions for further expansion of consumer demand and economic growth, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EDB reaffirmed its earlier forecast that Belarus&#8217; GDP will grow by 1.3 percent in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zoloto_yana_hurska_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zoloto_yana_hurska_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zoloto_yana_hurska_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zoloto_yana_hurska_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zoloto_yana_hurska_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/zoloto_yana_hurska_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 gold and foreign exchange reserves down nearly 6 percent in June<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 6, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 gold and foreign exchange reserves decreased by $882 million, or 5.86 percent, in June to $14.2 billion on July 1, according to the National Bank of Belarus. Gold and foreign exchange reserves reportedly dropped by $267 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/194555\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 6, Pozirk. The acceleration in real wage growth in Belarus continues to support consumer demand, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its weekly macroeconomic review. Real wages in the country increased by 7.5 percent year on year in May, up from 6.7 percent growth in April, the analysts noted. The EDB also said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":91203,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-194582","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 in Belarus continues to support consumer demand | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 6, Pozirk. 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