The U.S. national savings rate has declined in the 1980s, with both public and private components falling. This paper … discusses that decline and whether a policy response is needed. The drop in the private savings rate appears to reflect factors … national savings. Illustrative calculations based on two alternative frameworks indicate that a net national saving rate …

incorporate the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty on private savings behavior. It is shown that the greater the uncertainty in … savings and, other things equal, the larger is the current account surplus. Empirical support for the model is found using …

, the limited tools available to policymakers to affect savings are discussed. Finally, the extent to which recent tax …

This paper assesses empirically the role of public policies in stimulating private savings and investment in sub … effective in stimulating private savings and investment include those that keep the rate of inflation low, reduce macroeconomic … government savings are only partially offset by increases in private savings …

problem sharply increases the payoff from accelerating the structural reform process. Regarding savings, critical aspects are … the changes in methods of financing resulting from economic reform, and the availability of foreign savings, both in the …

Household savings behavior in China during the past 30 years has been studied by using econometric models with the time …