Household real disposable income and real pensions decelerated by 6.1% and 2.5% in December 2016 in comparison with the same period of 2015 (Fig. 1). In contrast, real wage went up by 2.4% in December 2016 compared to the same period of the previous year

Households debt for the housing and utility services increased against the 2017–2019 indexes and in H1 constituted 6.3%. Current situation is similar to that in 2013–2014 when the debt for housing and utility services in H1 came to 6.4–6.6% of accruals. On average across the Russian...