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But interest
savings
are modest, because the ECB is formally limited from buying more than a certain amount of each country’s government debt.
And independent authorities – such as the European Commission or even an entirely new institution – would need to ensure that
savings
were put to productive use in each country.
Concentrated in coastal China, this model produced an uneven distribution of output and established a unique pattern of high
savings
and low consumption.
Indeed, China’s
savings
rate of rose steadily following the onset of market reforms, from 38% of GDP in 1978 to 51% in 2007.
If successfully implemented, this agenda is likely to reverse global
savings
and consumption patterns that have underpinned large imbalances in recent years.
China is responsible for the
savings
side, while the US disproportionately accounts for the consumption side, ultimately turning the Chinese into America’s creditors.
Of course, global
savings
and consumption patterns have undergone significant change since the financial crisis, with both the West and China trying to restore internal equilibrium.
Privatizing pensions, or some substantial part of them, will impact domestic
savings
and thus the demand side of the capital markets.
This is important since Hungary's growth should not rely only on foreign
savings
and investments.
These pensions are a vital part of Britain’s national
savings
infrastructure.
The benefits of gender equity are also apparent when women have access to basic financial services, like credit and
savings
accounts, which enable them to start businesses and save money for family essentials.
When Pinkhas Sapir, Prime Minister Golda Meir’s legendary finance minister died, all that he owned was a modest apartment in Tel Aviv and some small
savings.
Even more staggeringly, US borrowing now soaks up more than two-thirds of the combined excess
savings
of all the surplus countries in the world, including China, Japan, Germany, and the OPEC states.
In order for the US economy to run deficits with the world, other countries must be willing to spin off a counterbalancing supply of
savings.
Ben Bernanke, the US Federal Reserve chairman, once famously pinned the whole US current account deficit on a “global
savings
glut.”
Last but not least, US tax policy hardly encourages private-sector savings, especially giving the preferential tax treatment of real estate.
Citizens of debtor economies, who grew up complacent about economic convergence, have lost their
savings
and, in many cases, have run out of hope.
Meanwhile, citizens of creditor countries are focused on protecting the gains made before the crisis; after all, it was their
savings
that financed their neighbors’ reckless spending.
To be sure, expropriating Menatep made shares in Yukos – a company that by 2003 attracted more domestic and foreign
savings
than any other in Russia – virtually worthless.
Unlike commodity-based economies with current-account surpluses, like Russia and Brazil, Turkey is reliant on foreign
savings.
Instead of advising Japan and China to raise their consumption rates, macroeconomists would be wiser to encourage these economies to use their high
savings
to fund not only domestic but also overseas investments.
Investing in a sustainable economy would dramatically boost our wellbeing and use our “excess”
savings
for just the right purposes.
There was a time when privatization – allowing individuals to set up individual
savings
accounts – seemed better than Social Security, which invests in lower-yielding Treasury bills.
Recognizing the existence of the global
savings
glut helps us to understand the 15 years after the Asian financial crisis of 1998.
It began taking steps to reduce its indebtedness and increase its
savings.
To close this gap, we need to design loans and
savings
vehicles with more flexible requirements that work for women.
Once women gain access to the financial system, they can create and invest in small businesses, while feeling more secure about dipping into
savings
when confronted with emergencies.
The lesson should be obvious: even those considered to be among the best in the business cannot be trusted with our hard-earned
savings
– capital that is needed to contribute to the creation of an inclusive and sustainable global economy – without a fundamentally different approach to governance.
Indeed, by failing to channel our
savings
in ways that create an economy fit to serve a rapidly growing global population within environmental limitations, financial markets are shorting civilization as a whole.
The fight against smog and water pollution plays to the country’s strength: the availability of huge domestic
savings
to finance the necessary investment in pollution-abatement equipment.
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