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The Real Rate Of U.S. National Saving

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The conventional measure of national saving in U.S. accounts does not include saving in consumer durables, public investment, or intangible capital. It reflects a measure of net foreign investment that relates in considerable part to original cost rather than market values. It also does not include real capital gains. Comprehensive, adjusted measures of national saving are calculated for as many of the years from 1946 to 1989 as relevant components are available. They generally suggest much larger rates of national saving than are usually recognized. They also cast a sharp and substantially different light on the likely effects of policies designed to increase provision for the future.

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  • Robert Eisner, 1991. "The Real Rate Of U.S. National Saving," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 37(1), pages 15-32, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:37:y:1991:i:1:p:15-32
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1991.tb00336.x
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    1. Bosworth, Barry & Collins, Susan M., 2010. "Rebalancing the US Economy in a Postcrisis World," ADBI Working Papers 236, Asian Development Bank Institute.
    2. Per Gunnar Berglund, 2001. "Equality and Enterprise: Can Functional Finance Offer a New Historical Compromise?," SCEPA working paper series. 2001-01, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School.
    3. Thomas I. Palley, 1996. "The Saving-Investment Nexus: Why it Matters and How it Works," SCEPA working paper series. 1996-01, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School.
    4. William E. Cullison, 1990. "Measures of saving as indicators of economic growth," Working Paper 90-09, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
    5. Barry P. Bosworth & Ralph C. Bryant & Gary Burtless, 2004. "The Impact of Aging on Financial Markets and the Economy: A Survey," Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College 2004-23, Center for Retirement Research.
    6. Leah M. Cook & Richard W. Kopcke & Alicia H. Munnell, 1991. "The influence of housing and durables on personal saving," New England Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, issue Nov, pages 3-16.
    7. Fernando Alexandre & Luís Aguiar Conraria & Pedro Bação & Miguel Portela, 2011. "A Poupança em Portugal," GEMF Working Papers 2011-19, GEMF, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra.

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