The decline in U.S. saving rates: a cause for concern?

Jagadeesh Gokhale

Economic Commentary, 1993, issue Sep

Abstract: An examination of the decline in the net national saving rate since the early 1980s, which identifies an ongoing, fiscally induced wealth redistribution toward older generations and a sizable gain in annuitized forms of saving as underlying reasons.

Keywords: Saving; and; investment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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