De to ydertilfælde er henholdsvis Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland, hvor nettoaktiverne udtrykt i procent af den disponible indkomst er steget uafbrudt i de sidste 15 år — fra ca. 80 % i 1965 til 150% i 1983 — og Det forenede Kongerige, hvor procenten faldt fra ca. 120 i 1965 til 70% i 1982.
The two extremes are Germany, on the one hand, where net assets expressed as a percentage of disposable income in­creased continuously over the last 15 years, from about 80% in 1965 to 150% in 1983. and the United Kingdom, on the other hand, where this percentage fell from some 120% in 1965 to 70% in 1982.