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Alina-Gabriela Bobasu
- 30 July 2024
- ECONOMIC BULLETIN - ARTICLEEconomic Bulletin Issue 5, 2024Details
- Abstract
- This article introduces the Distributional Wealth Accounts (DWA) developed by the European System of Central Banks and explores some of their main features and use cases. First, it describes the methodology behind DWA compilation, detailing data sources, estimation techniques and the significance of the dataset for economic analysis. It then highlights key stylised evidence on the changes in the wealth distribution of households over time and across countries. In this context, it highlights the heterogeneous portfolio composition and the varied effects of housing and financial asset prices on wealth accumulation, and their implications for inequality. Finally, the article investigates how the recent surge in inflation and the subsequent monetary policy tightening have affected the distribution of wealth.
- JEL Code
- E4 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics→Money and Interest Rates
E44 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics→Money and Interest Rates→Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
E5 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics→Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
E52 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics→Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit→Monetary Policy
G21 : Financial Economics→Financial Institutions and Services→Banks, Depository Institutions, Micro Finance Institutions, Mortgages