A Nation of Spendthrifts? An Analysis of Trends in Personal and Gross Saving

The steep drop in the U.S. personal saving rate over the last decade has fueled speculation that Americans are spending recklessly. But alternative measures of personal saving show that households are actually setting aside a larger share of their resources than the official figures suggest. In addition, government saving has risen markedly, leading to an increase in overall domestic saving that has helped finance a surge in U.S. investment

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Peach, Richard W. ; Steindel, Charles
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Sparen \| Savings \| Sparquote \| Propensity to save

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (6 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 6, No. 10, September 2000
Classification:	E21 - Consumption; Saving ; E22 - Capital; Investment (including Inventories); Capacity
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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