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Net saving per capita

COVID-19InequalityInequalityCovid

As outlined in our previous report on the impact of  COVID on income inequality and poverty, public income supports such as JobKeeper Payment and the Coronavirus Supplement boosted the incomes of many low-income households while COVID restrictions reduced spending on such items as holidays, entertainment and eating out35. The result was a sharp increase in overall household saving.

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