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Hroysman lied in statement about average salary 6752 UAH – economist
The prime minister Volodymyr Hroysman’s statistic about an average salary of 6752 hryvnias does not correspond to reality.
This was stated by economist Andriy Novak
"This is a statistical manipulation. In reality there is no such level of the average Ukrainian’s salary. Especially after the very significant increase in the minimum wage from 1600 hryvnias to 3200. There has been an even greater provocation of labor relations between employers and hired workers," the economist explained.
According to Novak, average salary and the unemployment rate are the most manipulable statistical indicators, which is why they become the basis for the authorities’ PR moves.
"For most Ukrainians the consumer basket boils down to food, medicine, utilities, and transportation services. If you analyze these four groups, inflation there clearly exceeds 15 percent. In reality it has remained at the level of 2014–2015 years — about 40 percent," the economist noted.
Novak added that branches of the State Statistics Committee do not exist in villages and settlements, which also affects the objectivity of wage statistics in Ukraine.
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