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What's behind the low U.S. personal saving rate?

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  • Milton H. Marquis, 2002. "What's behind the low U.S. personal saving rate?," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue mar29.
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    1. Jonathan A. Parker, 2000. "Spendthrift in America? On Two Decades of Decline in the US Saving Rate," NBER Chapters, in: NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1999, Volume 14, pages 317-387, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. William G. Gale & John Sabelhaus, 1999. "Perspectives on the Household Saving Rate," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 30(1), pages 181-224.
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    6. John Krainer, 2002. "House price dynamics and the business cycle," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue may3.

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