This paper compares the main findings from the third wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for … Malta with those for the euro area. This comparative report finds that in 2016 the median Maltese household held more real … Maltese households have a significantly higher amount of assets to back their debt. Largely reflecting the higher prevalence …

. The HFCS provides household-level data on assets, liabilities, wealth and income. As such, it plays an important role in …This article summarizes the main findings from the fourth wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS … macro statistics. The results also provide a glimpse of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on household balance sheets and …

This paper compares the main findings from the fourth wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for … Malta with those for the euro area. This comparative report finds that in 2020 the median Maltese household held more real … households also stood higher than in the euro area. Despite higher total liabilities, the debt-toasset ratio indicates that …

inequality in per capita income. The level of inequality in Spain is more moderate when total gross household income is analysed … and wealth inequality, and studies how they have developed. The analysis shows less wage dispersion in Spain than in other … of a decrease in expenditure on consumer durables by low-income households. Wealth inequality exceeds income inequality …

lack of reliable panel data on household expenditures. One possibility is to use surveys that follow the same households … alternative approach is to use the accounting identity that total household spending is equal to income plus capital gains minus … on income and wealth to other administrative data with information on financial and real estate transactions. Using this …