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Saving Equals … Inventory?

investment spending — the purchase/creation of long-term productive fixed assets? An Aha! for me: According to Krugman’s textbook, they don’t. First a correction: “The savings[sic]-investment identity is a fact of…

The Wrong Crisis

…was absurd in a direction helpful to the investment banks. The crisis ended when the President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, William McDonough told the investment banks to…

Tyler Cowen Asks if Savings are Overrated

…nation gets some of the benefits from this investment. But let’s at the facts. China’s investment/GDP ratio is higher than our investment/GDP ratio. In fact, our net investment is almost…

World Saving and Investment: CNN Reads Brad Setser

investment, according to a published report. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that oil exporters like Saudi Arabia are saving and investing far more and spending far less than they…