http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/savings-rate Blog Articles Tagged with 'savings-rate' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1149897?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Here is a graph of the U.S. savings rate as a percent of disposable personal income. Click on graph for larger image in new window.It looks like savings from lower gasoline prices is showing up as savings - as opposed to other consumption - and this ... Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:33:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/calculated-risk/1149897?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/becker-posner-blog/1149282?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Macroeconomic Policy and the Current Depression PosnerI am not a macroeconomist, but given the strange, perhaps embarrassed silence of so many macroeconomists, mentioned by Becker, I feel less daunted by my lack of expertise than I ordinarily would ... Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:36:26 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/becker-posner-blog/1149282?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1147732?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate James Quinn is a senior director of strategic planning at The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania. James has held the positions of treasurer, controller, and head of strategic planning at with retailers, homebuilders and the university in ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:27:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1147732?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1146445?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate A roundup of economic news from around the Web.Buying Binge Over: In the New York Times David Leonhardt looks at the collapse in consumer spending. Economists are now busy trying to forecast how rapidly people will begin saving again, but its esse... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:40:09 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1146445?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1146408?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Paul Brodsky & Lee Quaintance run QB Partners, a private macro-oriented investment fund based in New York. In our sparsely populated office a beacon of both waste and hope hangs a framed poster of AlbertEinstein and his quote: imaginati... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:00:28 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1146408?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142212?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate In Friday's report on personal income and spending, word came that the savings rate (after-tax income less spending) rose from 0.8 percent in August to 1.3 percent in September. While this is indeed good news, and those inclined to torture statistics... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:34:13 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1142212?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1141844?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Economists and others weigh in on the 0.3% drop in consumer spending.Although this report is old news (in the sense that the data are already embedded in the third-quarter GDP decline), it underscores that we are in a consumer recession. Over the la... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:46:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1141844?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1141842?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Part of the reason that consumer cut back on spending in September is that Americans were putting more of their money into savings. That may not be good news for GDP growth in the short-term, but it s a positive sign for the long-term stability of ... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:45:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1141842?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1141539?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate It's time for a major fiscal stimulus :When Consumers Capitulate, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: The long-feared capitulation of American consumers has arrived. According to Thursday s G.D.P. report, real consumer spending fell at an annua... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:31:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1141539?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1141126?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate A roundup of economic news from around the Web.Stimulus: Writing in the Washington Post, Martin Feldstein makes the case for another stimulus package and says the president-elect should take a lead role. The only way to prevent a deepening recessi... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:39:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wsj-real-time-economics/1141126?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133824?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate I think that the decision to let Lehman Brothers fail was a mistake. But I don't think it was the only or even the major cause of our current financial distress.Ben Stein does. The way he tells the story of the last two years, the economy was doing f... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:03:10 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1133824?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1129647?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate The Fabulous Baker Boy writes, somewhere on Josh Marshall's TPM. My one complaint is that if Obama had won then the TARP would not have been a $700 billion giveaway to Wall Street. Only if McCain had won--and only if McCain's Treasury Secretary was... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:53:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/brad-delongs-semi-daily-journal/1129647?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1128987?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Is an imperial presidency destroying what America stands for? BillMoyers sits down with history and international relations expert andformer US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich who identifies three majorproblems facing our democracy: the crises of eco... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1128987?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1128865?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Remember the good old days when all we were concerned with was whether a simple fiscal stimulus package would boost the economy? This morning, the BEA released the latest personal consumption report and the results were scary. In real terms, American... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:57:42 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1128865?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/the-indian-economy-blog/1127624?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate By V Anantha NageswaranOn September 19th, the U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson issued a statement in which he said that the Federal government must implement a program to remove these illiquid assets that are weighing down our financial institution... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:05:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/the-indian-economy-blog/1127624?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1114117?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Paul Kedrosky quotes David Rosenberg today on the implications of a rising savings rate: The savings rate is going to be forced higher. This, again, is going to be very, very disinflationary. It means that fashions are going to change. It means fruga... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:23:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1114117?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1113430?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Whenever we see a strange datapoint -- something that hasn't happened for decades, its worth noting. Recall in 2005, the US Savings rate first slipped to zero. More recently, something else unusual happened. Consumers spent more purchasing fuel for t... Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1113430?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1110842?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate James Grant observes: Mr. And Mrs. America, we predict, will shortly disappoint their hundreds of millions of fans and economic dependents. They will spend less, borrow less and save more. There would be nothing so strange about that certainly, n... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1110842?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1102415?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Robert Waldmann says to be careful when using income as a control in studies measuring school (or other) achievement:Robert Waldmann: I just thought of something. It was triggered by this studies show that race exhibits a substantial, income-independ... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:38:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/1102415?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1100226?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate Exactly one year ago, my pal James Altucher penned a Real Money article, The Underlevered American Household. I found it perplexing -- I didn't see why anyone would want to lever up more in the fiscal environment we were looking into. My response was... Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1100226?rsstype=tag&tag=savings-rate