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Savings Rate

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What is a ‘Savings Rate’

A savings rate is the amount of money, expressed as a percentage or ratio, that a person deducts from his disposable personal income to set aside as a nest egg or for retirement. The cash accumulated is typically put into very low-risk investments (depending on various factors such as expected time until retirement), like a money market fund or a personal individual retirement account (IRA) composed of non-aggressive mutual funds, stocks and bonds. Next Up National Savings Rate Disposable Income Average Propensity To Save Savings Account

Explaining ‘Savings Rate’

For years, the savings rate in the United States has declined. In the 1970s and 1980s, personal savings rates were in the 5 to 7% range but decreased to 1 to 3% range in the 21st century. The savings rate went up in the United States starting in 2008 with the onset of the recession, reaching 8%, but it has come back down, continuing the overall negative trend for savings in the U.S. economy. As of June 2016, the savings rate in the United States is 5.5%. Since the Federal Reserve started tracking the savings rate in the United States, the highest the rate has been, was 17% in May 1975. In sharp contrast, the Chinese savings rate is around 30%.

What Affects the Savings Rate?

The national average savings rate is often determined by how a particular culture views debt, values possessions and how an economy is structured. Economies oriented towards consumption have lower savings rates; in the United States, consumption constitutes around 75% of the economy. Economies like China’s, which is oriented more towards investment, have higher savings rates. Savings rates tend to fall lower as populations age and spend their savings rather than adding to them. Savings rates are affected by wage growth, as well as central banks’ interest rate policies. Other factors lowering savings rates include increasing wealth, increasing access to credit and a rise in labor productivity.

Calculating Savings Rate

The savings rate is the ratio of personal savings to disposable personal income and can be calculated for an economy as a whole or at the personal level. The Federal Reserve defines disposable income as all sources of income minus the tax you pay on that income. Your savings is disposable income minus expenditures, such as credit card payments and utility bills. Using this approach, if you have has $30,000 left over after taxes (disposable income) and spend $24,000 in expenditures, then your savings are $6,000. Dividing savings by your disposable income yields a savings rate of 20% ($6,000 / $30,000 x 100).

Further Reading

  • Brothers, household financial markets and savings rate in China – www.sciencedirect.com [PDF]
  • Public Finance and the High Savings Rate in China [J] – en.cnki.com.cn [PDF]
  • The savings-inflation puzzle – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
  • Demographic change and the UK savings rate – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
  • dependency ratio, foreign capital inflows and the rate of savings in Pakistan [with comments] – www.jstor.org [PDF]
  • The Impact of Dependence Ratio on Household Savings Rate [J] – en.cnki.com.cn [PDF]
  • The Chinese corporate savings puzzle: a firm-level cross-country perspective – www.nber.org [PDF]
  • Demographic Structure and Savings Rate: Based on the Endogenous Demographic Structure [J] – en.cnki.com.cn [PDF]
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