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Re:Macron says €300B in EU savings sent to the US every year... by Epa095 on Thursday January 22, 2026 @01:55PM (#46723589)
It seems like savings include pension ([1], but it is a bit unclear to me) , and that is a kind of forced saving (as in many places in Europe you can't choose to not get pension and get it as cash to spend instead).

1: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...

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Re:Macron says €300B in EU savings sent to the US every year... by seszett on Thursday January 22, 2026 @02:18PM (#46723865)
It's not clear to me either, but as I understand it it doesn't include pensions because social contributions are not part of "disposable income".

I think that "the net adjustment for change in pension entitlements" is there to take into account the expected reduced future income from pension entitlements dwindling over time (edit: in effect, making pensions count as negative savings) somehow, but it's unclear.

I looked for another perspective but the French national bank doesn't mention pensions in its explanations[0].

[0] https://www.banque-france.fr/system/files/2024-08/epargne-de...

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Re:Macron says €300B in EU savings sent to the US every year... by victorbjorklund on Thursday January 22, 2026 @02:12PM (#46723793)
Sounds like they don’t count that. They seem to only count disposable income and payments the company does to your retirement aren’t really disposable
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