ARMENIAN ECONOMY EXPERIENCING HARDSHIPS
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.03.2009 20:42 GMT+04:00
In January-February 2009 the GDP in Armenia decreased by 3.7% against
the last year’s index and totaled AMD282 billion, according to national
statistics service.
The decrease is conditioned by 9.7% industry and 1.5% construction
slump.
The foreign trade index has decreased by 26.2% and totaled $506
million. Export decreased by 44.8% and import by 21.2%.
The number of unemployed has increased by 4.6% and reached 75.7
thousand people.
The average salary was fixed as AMD94.7 thousand, what is 13.5%
more than last year.
The inflation rate made 0.7%.
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