According to the agency, at the same time, there has been a decrease in the number of households that only have enough money for food. For example, in the first quarter of 2019, there were 15.2% of them, in the second - 14.1%.

At the same time, it is emphasized that the share of households that, they said, lack money even for food, fell from 0.8% to 0.7%.

Earlier, the Federal State Statistics Service said that the real income of Russians in the third quarter of 2019 increased by 3% in annual terms.