Keyword: saving

Bubble Saving (6/17/2010)

The US has been spending more than it earns and has to borrow from abroad to fund its real investment.

Keywords: capital depreciation allowances, debt, disposable income, dissaving, foreign capital, investment, net worth, Saving, trade surplus

Can Social Security Be Saved? (6/29/1999)

Social Security cannot be saved because ballooning Baby Boomer retirees will inevitably increase the financial burden on future workers

Keywords: baby boom, capital gains, demography, equity market, flow, privatizing, retirees, saving, Social Security, stock, trust fund

Circular Flow (11/2/2011)

The circular flow diagram captures the big picture of how different sectors of an economy are connected to one another by flows of money and goods.

Keywords: circular flow, consumption, injection, investment, leakage, saving

Circular Flow (transcript) (11/18/2010)

The circular flow diagram captures the big picture of how different sectors of an economy are connected to one another by flows of money and goods.

Keywords: circular flow, closed economy, consumption, exports, factor markets, financial markets, firms, foreign economies, government purchases, households, imports, income, injection, investment, leakage, net taxes, open economy, product markets, saving

Crowding-out Effect (11/2/2011)

Government deficit financing could crowd out private investment.

Keywords: budget deficit, crowding out, investment, saving

Crowding-out Effect (transcript) (11/18/2010)

Budget deficit crowds out investment.

Keywords: budget deficit, budget surplus, investment, saving, taxes

Flows and Stocks (6/17/2010)

The excess of inflows over outflows adds to the stock if flows are not instantly perishable.

Keywords: aging, capital, debt, deficit, depreciation, Flow, infrastructure, investment, population, saving, stock, vintage

Is Japan Saving Too Much? (6/29/1999)

Japan's economy is stuck in a prolonged stagnation because consumers' disposable income is too low and business saving is too high.

Keywords: aggregate demand, bank loan, budget deficit, business saving, cartelization, cartels, disposable income, GDP, investment, Japan, liquidity trap, public debt, saving, Stagnation, trade surplus

Savers, Suckers? (5/12/2010)

Savers are collateral damage in the Fed’s attempt to resuscitate a comatose economy during the Great Recession.

Keywords: bailout, borrowers, CD, certificates of deposit, FDIC, Fed funds rates, housing bubble, interest rate, money market funds, mortgage, quantitative easing, recession, savers, Saving, spenders, the Fed, Treasury bonds, yield

Spending Multiplier (transcript) (11/18/2010)

Total expenditure could be a multiple of the injected stimulus if most of the additional income is spent.

Keywords: expenditure multiplier, flow, income multiplier, investment, leakage, marginal propensity of consume, marginal propensity to save, saving, stimulus, stock

When a Vice Becomes a Virtue - Is The U.S. Saving Too Little? (6/29/1999)

Low saving rate in the US has kept the weak global economy afloat by putting foreign capital to more productive use.

Keywords: current account deficit, debt, disposable income, flow, investment, net worth, saving, stock, wealth effect