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Re:It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s ... by eddyg on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @05:25AM (#29159836)
You can easily see the massive increase in savings in data from the Fed (for the U.S., at least):

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=ysLo

Typical growth in household checkable deposits/currency/savings deposits was around $500 billion/year during the mid-2010's. last year it was... $2.6 trillion

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Re:It’s mostly a demand shock, not a supply shock, and it’s ... by bloopernova on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @09:17AM (#29162004)
$2.6T... good lord. I wonder whether it will level off at $500B/y again?
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