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Re:Japan's Nikkei surpasses 1989 all-time high by ffgjgf1 on Thursday February 22, 2024 @08:26AM (#39466705)
> Americans have stopped saving

Have they? The personal savings rate is not that much lower than it was between 2000 and ~2019 on average

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Re:Japan's Nikkei surpasses 1989 all-time high by trog on Thursday February 22, 2024 @04:19PM (#39473405)
It's pretty low, and I'm not sure average is the best measure here, but I can't find median to compare.

I did see this a few weeks ago and thought it was interesting - excess saving rates are dropping sharply: https://twitter.com/saxena_puru/status/1747041218004156505

There is another household debt graph that I can't find right now that is going up. I suspect the decline in savings rate is being buoyed somewhat by debt.

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