Graph 2  It was no coincidence that households felt they were getting wealthier. Gross assets held by households more than doubled between 1995 and 2007. The value of real assets – principally dwellings – rose by more than 6 per cent per annum in real, per capita terms over the period (Graph 3).
The pandemic crisis has not become a financial crisis, there has been no shortage of humanitarian aid for the most vulnerable countries, and governments have aimed to alleviate the suffering of the weakest population segments, counteracting the increase in inequality.