Learn about the marginal propensity to save, what it indicates about a household, and how to calculate a household's marginal ...

It’s a question that has been puzzling economists for months. The worst of the cost-of-living crisis is, for most households, ...

This chart shows the months change in real consumer spending and personal saving at annual rates in the United States.

Using both state- and household-level data, we find that excess savings from the pandemic, large increases in household wealth (especially housing), along with solid real income gains contributed to ...