This is due in large part to the continued success of the stock market - which keeps going up, make the very rich very richer - and also boosting retirement accounts for those who have them. We may already be in a new Gilded Age - and, well, that was followed by the Great Depression - income inequality continues to expand, and inflationary pressures hit those at the bottom the hardest - but the very rich getting very richer keep making money and are essentially immune to any future negative impact.