It could however be expected that such a trend might worsen further as fiscal consolidation measures start to show their impact. The trend lines also highlight that changes in income inequality seem to be less directly related to the severity of the economic downturn. Break in time series: 2012 Austria and United Kingdom, 2008 France and Cyprus, Bulgaria 2006, Romania 2007. Indeed, Iceland is the best performing country although one of the most affected and the one where anchored child poverty increased the most.