current level, as the saving rate rises to around 6 percent of disposable personal income (from nearly 5 percent in 2009 …). Compared to the pre-crisis years (2003–07), this saving rate implies a decline in U.S. private-sector demand on the order of …

This paper provides detailed empirical evidence on the saving behavior of Irish households using micro data from the … gap. Also, despite housing being a major component of Irish households, wealth, there is no strong relationship between … of saving rates and to examine the response of household saving to house price appreciation. The analysis suggests that …

relative size of their workingage populations increases. Demographic change will also affect saving, investment, and capital …

stocks and bonds when saving for retirement- Using the model to simulate a baby boom-baby bust demonstrates that returns to …

This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the country—household wealth and … savings. Households’ consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic outlook. This paper … demonstrates how households with consistently lower income, which have shown growth in the years prior to the crisis, experienced …

in U.S. investment and saving. The paper highlights that the effect of the 1990–92 recession on employment was …