standards, mental health, and wealth in the UK. The pandemic has pushed up inequalities on several dimensions. School closures … expanded welfare system meant that, if anything, disposable income inequality fell. Rising house prices have benefited people … in particular around the middle of the wealth distribution. In the longer term, lower work experience for the less …

contrast, monetary policy has only negligible effects on wealth inequality. …This paper studies the effects of quantitative easing on income and wealth of individual euro area households. The … which key variables affecting household income and wealth are included, such as the unemployment rate, wages, interest rates …