While economists unanimously forecast that the Covid-19 pandemic will leave the world rattled and suffering from extreme hunger and impoverishment, citizens of the European state of Denmark have gotten fabulously richer.
The financial wealth of Danes has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with net financial assets of Danish households surging to 5.66 trillion kroner ($930 billion) from July through September of 2020, according to the central bank in Copenhagen.The regulator said that in the last two quarters, Danish citizens’ financial wealth, mainly in the form of stocks and bonds, grew by a combined $116 billion. The upsurge managed to more than offset the record decline …
