A World Macro Saving Fact and an Explanation

28 Pages Posted: 5 Jan 2011

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Ray C. Fair

Yale University - Cowles Foundation; Yale School of Management - International Center for Finance

Date Written: January 3, 2011

Abstract

The world macro saving fact concerns the total financial saving of the world's private sector divided by world GDP. Relative to changes before 1994, there was a huge fall in this ratio between 1995 and 2000, a huge increase between 2000 and 2003, a huge fall between 2003 and 2006, and a huge increase between 2006 and 2009. The explanation is that these fluctuations appear to be driven in large part by fluctuations in stock prices and housing prices.

Keywords: Financial saving, World economy

JEL Classification: E21, E44, F41

Suggested Citation

Fair, Ray C., A World Macro Saving Fact and an Explanation (January 3, 2011). Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1776, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1734407 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1734407

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