Original title: Americans become the world's' richest man ', Swiss netizens' don't care': we don't feel very rich
'the Swiss are no longer the richest people in the world! ' The 2019 Global Wealth Report released by Allianz Insurance, a German insurance giant, showed that global household wealth shrank slightly last year compared with the previous year, according to a report by the Swiss glance on the 25th. Americans surpassed the Swiss as the richest man in the world.
This year's Global Wealth Report ranks 53 countries and regions around the world. The scope of wealth includes bank deposits, pensions and stock investments, but does not include the real estate held by families. The report said that last year, the financial assets of these industries and emerging countries and regions fell simultaneously for the first time, the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
Allianz Insurance experts believe that the main reasons for the decline in wealth are: all regions are in crisis, such as Europe facing Britain's "non agreement brexit", Germany's economic recession, Italy's political turmoil, France's "yellow vest" movement, etc., and the Sino US trade war also has a great impact; In addition, monetary policies of various countries have tightened, and global stock prices fell by about 12% last year.
The report shows that the per capita net assets of Swiss last year were 173840 euros, a decrease of 1.5% over the previous year. Last year, the per capita net worth of Americans reached 184410 euros. Experts believe that the "victory" of the United States may be related to the appreciation of the US dollar and the better situation of the US stock market last year. The situation in the United States may be worse this year.
However, the Swiss do not care much about being overtaken by the United States. Many Swiss netizens said that although the Swiss often rank first and second, the prices in Switzerland are too high. The proportion of Swiss renting houses is also the highest in Europe. They don't feel particularly rich.
The Chinese mainland ranked thirty-fourth in terms of per capita wealth, with a net asset per capita of 10395 euros. Experts say that if real estate is included, China's ranking is still higher. Because unlike people in many European countries who tend to 'rent' to live, the proportion of Chinese people owning private real estate is very high. Kazakhstan fell to the bottom of the list with per capita net assets of 569 euros. Experts said that whether the global people's net assets will increase or decrease this year depends on the settlement of Sino US trade disputes, Britain's' non agreed brexit 'and other crises. [Global Times]