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Excessive Household Debt, Low Savings Rate Still The Major Problem
FX Street  May 3  Comment 
It has long been our underlying thesis that the huge amount of household debt accumulated during... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports.
CHART OF THE DAY: Why The Personal Savings Rate Is Tumbling
Clusterstock  Apr 9  Comment 
Recent data show that the U.S. personal savings rate has been on its way down.  In other words, consumers have been spending more than they have been earning. This is one of the reasons why consumer spending has held up. Some economists warn...
​Marginal cut in small savings rate
The Times of India  Mar 26  Comment 
Your small savings schemes like Public Provident Fund (PPF) and deposits in the post office will fetch marginally lower returns from April 1.
Savings rate to dip to 30% this fiscal: India Ratings
The Times of India  Feb 7  Comment 
India Ratings on Thursday warned that the national savings rate will slip further to 30 per cent or so this fiscal, from 30.8 per cent of the GDP last fiscal, if the advance estimates of national income is anything to go by.
‘India’s savings rate to plunge to 10-year low this fiscal’
The Hindu Business Line  Feb 3  Comment 
The country’s savings rate, considered as one of the biggest economic strengths, is set to plunge to a 10-year low of 27 per cent by end of this fiscal, Japanese brokerage Nomura has said.
Former Minister blames chit funds for fall in savings rate
The Hindu Business Line  Dec 13  Comment 
Funds mobilised used to fill Trinamool coffers, alleges Gautam Deb
Income Growth Slows — Americans Forced To Reduce Their Savings Rate To Keep On Spending
Clusterstock  Sep 28  Comment 
At first blush, today's personal income and spending news looks like kind of a snooze. But actually it's not good. Personal income rose by just 0.1% vs. expectations of a 0.2% rise. And last month's personal income number rose by only 0.1%...
U.S. savings rate inches lower in April
MarketWatch  Jun 1  Comment 
The savings rate for U.S. households slipped in April as spending grew faster than incomes, the Commerce Department estimated Friday. The personal savings rate declined to 3.4% in April from 3.5% in March. The April level matches the February...
[$] Moody's: India's High Savings Rate Supports Rating
Wall Street Journal  Apr 26  Comment 
India's high savings rate and a favorable debt profile continue to support its sovereign rating, but the economy faces headwinds due to an anemic fiscal health, ratings firm Moody's said.
NBER: You'll Have To Wait Another Generation To See China Change Its Savings Rate
Clusterstock  Apr 4  Comment 
The Cubs may win the World Series before China changes its domestic savings rate. That's the takeaway from a National Bureau of Economics Research paper measuring savings rates in developing Asian countries. The authors found that unlike most...




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National Savings Rate is the percentage of GDP that is saved by households across a country. Household saving is one of the primary sources of capital investment in the country. Thus, this rate can be used as an indicator for long term economic growth.

Household Savings Rate for developed nations
Household Savings Rate for developed nations[1]

The graph above shows the historical trend in savings rate in developed countries. The differences in the rates occur due to the age of the working population, the amount of old age pension and insurance provided by the government. The age of the population is significant because the older and retired use their savings more than the younger, working population. Moreover old age pension and insurance provided by the state allows the population to spend rather than save more.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes the Personal Savings rate as a National Economic Indicator on a quarterly basis.

Personal Savings Rate in the US
Personal Savings Rate in the US[2]


References

  1. ↑ Household saving rates for selected countries
  2. ↑ Bureau of Economic Analysis
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