Consumers Don't Care About Savings Rates

LA Times details the (lack of) savings: Consumer spending last month grew faster than people’s take-home incomes as households cut their sa...

Can Negative Interest Rates Cause Savings to Increase?

At current interest rates, an individual will lose purchasing power in their savings account if there is even an inkling of inflation. A com...

You Take the Good. You Take the Bad.

A few data points from today... The Good This morning's Chicago PMI showed that delivery times have slowed. How is this possibly a good...

National Savings Rate Negative

The chart below shows the national savings rate (net savings of individuals, corporations, and the government). What we see is that for the ...

How Individuals are Saving

Savings are building up per Marketwatch : Incomes grew faster than spending in August, pushing up the nation’s personal savings rate, the Co...

Personal Savings on the Rise

Peter Boockvar (via The Big Picture ) with the details: The Savings Rate is now approaching the 50 year average of 6.9% and will very likely...

Are Americans Already Back to Their Old Ways?

Financial-Planning reports: While 63% of Americans said they were concerned about the overall state of financial markets in 2009, just 45% ...

Is the Consumer Relevering?

Sure looks like a possibility based on Friday's consumer credit release. Marketwatch details: In an encouraging sign for the economy, U...