in 2023, GDP will grow by more than 2% – Kommersant

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, TASS and RIA Novosti reported. At the meeting, the prime minister presented his forecast regarding the economic situation in Russia: according to him, in the absence of force majeure in 2023, GDP will grow by more than 2%.

According to the Prime Minister, over the five months of this year, GDP grew by 0.6%, in May, compared to the same month in 2022, the growth rate was 5.4%. Formerly at the Central Bank spokethat Russia’s GDP growth is moving towards the upper half of the forecast of 0.5-2%.

According to the prime minister, in the first 4 months of 2023, real wages in Russia increased by 4.2%. In addition, he said that the average level of achievement of indicators for national projects is 98.95%. Unemployment, he said, is at a historically low level of just over 3%.

“We have results, at least for now, let’s say so carefully, better than expected, better than forecasts. This gives us hope that all the tasks, as we set them, will at least be solved,” Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the Prime Minister.

The day before, Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Mishustin already had the opportunity to talk: the prime minister participated in a regular meeting between the president and the government.

Read more about the situation with GDP in Russia in the material “Optimists boost GDP”.

Anastasia Larina