The decline in the U.S. personal saving rate: Is it real and is it a puzzle?

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 491-514

  Guidolin, Massimo ^a   La Jeunesse, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 37149005413     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.89.491-514     Document Type: Review

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