Citizens of Russia in the current year have become more likely to make major purchases. This follows from the results of a survey conducted by the research holding "Romir", whose data was released on Tuesday, June 6, on his website.

So, in April 2017 g. 21% of respondents said that in the last six months they purchased household appliances and electronics, 11% - smartphones and tablets, another 7% reported buying cars. This is more than the figures a year earlier, recalled in "Romir". Then 13%, 8% and 4% of Russians surveyed said they bought these product groups, respectively.

Also in 2017, 4% of the residents of the country reported on the purchase of the last six months of apartments. Last year, such spending allowed themselves to be halved - only 2% of respondents.

Only in two commodity categories - clothing and footwear - in comparison with the study in 2016. Russians significantly reduced the number of purchases: from 38% to 27%.

Just 1% for the year decreased the percentage of residents of the Russian Federation, seriously spent on entertainment (6%) and rest (10%), according to a study "Romir".

Unchanged since 2016, there remained the number of those Russians who during the last half-year did not make a single major purchase - 31%.

The survey involved 1,5 thousand. Of respondents.

Researchers concluded that the year-long desire of citizens to save does not correspond to real spending. They resemble, 2 years ago, t. At the beginning of the crisis, "Russians made loud statements of intent on total economy". But as the survey results showed in 2016. , It turned out that such statements do not coincide with real facts. Last year, only the share of those who bought apartments, cars and jewelry decreased. However, there was an increase in all other expenditure items.