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Re:U.S. net saving as a percentage of gross national income by chii on Monday November 06, 2023 @07:57PM (#38171633)
> People were hyper saving

i think instead of thinking of it as saving, it's more "unable to spend". Now that they are able to spend again, they do.

There was never an intentional savings spree imho.

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Re:U.S. net saving as a percentage of gross national income by rsynnott on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @10:40AM (#38178065)
It's not just "unable to spend"; public anxiety tends to cause people to put off spending.
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