Fears are now mounting that lower savings will constrain investment needed for economic growth.
Consumers, who already have low savings and high debt, probably can't contribute much.
All through the 90's we pushed the problem of low savings and high debt out into the future somewhere.
In classical economic theory, low savings leads to less investment and industrial weakness.
Should the low savings rate of the 1980's persist through the 1990's, they project that the annual loss will reach $750 million.
America has one of the lowest savings rates of any nation.
America's budget deficit and low savings increase the size of our trade deficit, but they're not the only factors involved.
Some councils reported much lower savings in the area of housing benefits.
It is our very low savings rate that forces us to seek foreign financing.
Much of the rest has come from lower savings, as both families and the Government responded to leaner times by spending beyond their means.