is defined, by the Shape of Money, as the task of regularly setting aside a sum of money Back to top
The current income of a sector, less its current expenditure Includes current transfers but excludes capital consumption allowances and capital transfers Referred to as gross saving when it includes capital consumption allowances
recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
That part of disposable income not spent on current consumption; disposable income less consumption
Your savings are the money that you have saved, especially in a bank or a building society. Her savings were in the Post Office Savings Bank. Process of setting aside a portion of current income for future use, or the resources accumulated in this way over a given period of time. Savings may take the form of bank deposits and cash holdings or securities. How much individuals save is affected by their preferences for future over present consumption and their expectations of future income. If individuals consume more than the value of their income, then their saving is negative and they are said to be dissaving. Individual saving may be measured by estimating disposable income and subtracting current consumption expenditures. A measure of business saving is the increase in net worth shown on a balance sheet. Total national saving is measured as the excess of national income over consumption and taxes. Saving is important to economic progress because of its relation to investment: an increase in productive wealth requires that some individuals abstain from consuming their entire income and make their savings available for investment. daylight saving time savings and loan association savings bank
bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"
Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage
"Saving" may be defined as a decision to withhold a portion of current income from consumption Saving from the individual's point of view represents income not spent, which may be placed in savings deposits in banks, making it possible for those banks to make loans to those who wish to buy capital goods or other services