Frugality : Are We Fretting Too Much? Household Saving and Assets in the United States /

Household savings rates in the United States have recently crept up from all-time lows. Some have suggested that a shift toward frugality will hamper GDP growth-the Keynesian "paradox of thrift." We estimate that households compensate for a fall in their asset income by saving more out of...

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Autore principale: Tanner, Evan
Altri autori: Abdih, Yasser
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/197
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF