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Press release No. 215 of 25 May 2022 Gross domestic product: detailed results on the economic performance in the 1st quarter of 2022
...This is especially due to the massive decrease in short-time work on the first quarter of 2021 and to high extra payments, in particular Covid-19 bonuses. The increase in net average wages and salaries of employees was slightly smaller (+5.0%) because social security contributions and wage tax rose more rapidly than gross wages and salaries. The disposable income of households was by 4.0% higher in the first quarter of 2022 than a year earlier. ...