Glossary · Macro · Money and banking

National saving

Everything a country sets aside rather than consumes: private saving by households and firms plus public saving, which is the government’s surplus (or, if it runs a deficit, a negative number). It is the supply side of the loanable funds market.

Also called: private saving, public saving

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