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Analysis of Wealth Distribution Breakdown by Age Cohort

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1 Mr Yip Hon Weng asked the Prime Minister and Minister for Finance in respect of the Ministry's Occasional Paper on Income Growth, Inequality and Social Mobility Trends (a) why the Ministry did not publish a decomposition of wealth inequality by asset class; and (b) whether the Ministry will provide such a breakdown by age cohort.

Mr Jeffrey Siow: This question has been answered in the answer to Question Nos 1 and 2 in the Parliament Sitting on 25 February 2026. [Please refer to "Differentiating between Wealth Held by Households in Public Versus in Private Housing, and Measures to Sustain or Improve Upward Mobility Rates", Official Report, 25 February 2026, Vol 96, Issue 19, Oral Answers to Questions section.]