SAVING The total fortune of billionaires has decreased under the effect of a world economy that is sluggish, according to a report by the UBS bank released on Thursday…
While the billionaires are a little more numerous in the world, their total assets decreased. They undergo the effects of a global economy sluggish, it indicates a report of the UBS bank made public Thursday.
The Asia-Pacific region at the 2nd place
last year, 210 people have entered into the very closed club of the ultra-wealthy, which now has nearly 1,400 members, of which nearly a third of Americans (538).
The Asia-Pacific region also wins a billionaire.
With 520 large fortunes, it happens in the second position and is a threat to the american hegemony through Asia, see hatch a new ultra-rich all three days. Europe closes on the squad with 339 happy elected.
total assets : 5.100 billion
If their total assets remains colossal, 5.100 billion, or nearly twice the gross domestic product of France, it has declined about 6 % in a year.
” After more than twenty years of creation of unprecedented wealth, ( … ), the golden age knows it to a halt, ” write the authors of the report co-produced with the firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Fall in commodity prices, depreciation of the dollar…
This ill-thought 2015 is due, according to them, by the “headwinds” facing the global economy, such as the fall in commodity prices and the depreciation of the dollar.
Their setbacks remain, however, relating to : the fortune average of these ultra-wealthy amounted to 3.7 billion dollars when nearly 800 million people live, according to the world Bank, with the 1.90 dollar per day.
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