Brief Personal savings need a boost
Leonard E. Burman
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The Washington Times. America's days of economic dominance are numbered because we don't save. The government is borrowing like crazy, and households aren't doing much better. The personal savings rate -- the share of after-tax income that people set aside for a rainy day -- has been falling like a stone since the early 1980s.
Primary topic Federal Budget and Economy
Research Area Federal Budget and Economy