The Deputy Prime Minister spoke about this at the interregional forum on the implementation of the investment standard.
He noted that the drop in real incomes and trade turnover, which happened due to a jump in inflation in the second - third quarters of the year, is the peak of the decline in consumption.
“Most likely, somewhere this year we will begin to increase consumption, there are already a number of signs that this is already beginning.
In 2023, if nothing supernatural happens, this will continue, ”TASS quotes Belousov.
Earlier, the Central Bank allowed a decrease in consumer prices in August.