Personal Savings Reaches 11-Year High in 2009
According to today's BEA report on "Personal Income and Outlays," personal savings (percent of disposable personal income) was 4.8% in December, and the average savings rate for 2009 was 4.575%, the highest annual average rate since 5.26% in 1998.
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