Saving Rates in the United States: Calculation and Comparison

Elwell, Craig K.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Finance;    Capital;    Saving and investment;    Economic growth;    Economic policy;   

RP-ID  :  RS21480
RP-ID  :  RS21480_2010Sep14

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The amount of money saved has important economic consequences. Nationally, the amount of saving affects how much can be invested and ultimately the size of the capital stock. This report explains how national saving is measured, presents recent estimates of saving rates in the United States, and, for comparison, provides those of other major industrial countries.