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1. jedber+j3[view] [source] 2021-01-22 18:44:14
>>LinuxB+(OP)
And personal savings are way up. But it's unlikely either of these trends will hold after 2021.
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2. badRNG+U3[view] [source] 2021-01-22 18:47:35
>>jedber+j3
Source? Anecdotally most folks I know have had to burn through their savings after living off of unemployment or going through underemployment this past year.
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3. flatli+l4[view] [source] 2021-01-22 18:50:11
>>badRNG+U3
https://www.statista.com/statistics/246268/personal-savings-...
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4. airza+R4[view] [source] 2021-01-22 18:53:04
>>flatli+l4
when your disposable income is zero, doesn't that drive the statistics way out of wack?
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5. flatli+I6[view] [source] 2021-01-22 19:01:35
>>airza+R4
I do not know whether it accounts for a negative savings rate, but the graph does show that people with disposable income were saving more this past year during the pandemic, which means they were spending less on consumer goods. There were probably two driving factors behind this: fear of economic instability due to the pandemic, and a lack of availability of paid activities due to the same. Presumably, consumer spending will rise again, as will travel and hence fossil fuel consumption per the original post.
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