**The President held a meeting on economic issues.**
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GDP growth for the year is projected to be within one percent.
 
 Unemployment stands at 2.3 percent.
 
 Wages are rising; they increased by 6.5 percent in real terms over the first half of the year.
 
 Retail sales grew by 5.4 percent in the first seven months of the year.
 
 As of September 14, inflation stood at 6.2 percent.
 
 Non-oil and gas revenues to the federal budget increased by more than 18 percent in the first eight months of the year.