Davide Scigliuzzo of Bloomberg News has made available for download his article, “The Rich Are Minting Money in the Pandemic Like Never Before.” The article begins as follows:
Americans have become, by some measures, richer during the pandemic than ever before.
It’s a difficult thing to fathom, what with the economic collapse and the surge in the ranks of the jobless, the homeless and the hungry. But there’s a whole class of people — at least the top 20% or so of earners — who’ve had to worry little about such matters.
For them, not only has it been relatively easy to carry out their white-collar jobs from home. But the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented emergency measures — including slashing benchmark rates to zero — have padded their wallets too. They’ve refinanced their mortgages at record low rates, purchased second homes to get away from cities and watched the value of the stocks and bonds in their investment accounts surge.
To see the full article, click: “The Rich Are Minting Money in the Pandemic Like Never Before” by Davide Scigliuzzo.
