From 1994 to 2006, the average household saving rate in the Philippines declined by 5.2 percentage points to about a … mere 5% of disposable income. Using data from income and expenditure survey at the household level, this paper explains why …

This paper analyzes whether China's investment and savings rates are too high by considering the rate of return to … investment and other factors. It also investigates the reasons for the rapid increase in the savings rate by using various …