forced saving
noun[U]
ECONOMICSukusaneconomicsituationin whichpeoplespendless than theyearn, because thegoodstheywanttobuyare notavailable:
Forcedsavingisactuallyaconsumptionreduction,bringingaboutdepressionofinterestratesandincreasinginflation.
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He was also aware of the relevance offorcedsaving, propensity to consume, the saving-investment relationship, and other matters that form the content of modern income and employment analysis.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Their policy is moreforcedsavingand control of the use of any private saving.
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What struck me was what has struck everybody else—the tremendous rate of capital investment in those countries, theforcedsavingwhich is taking place.
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The postwarforcedsavingis not taxation in respect of that year.
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There is no other deduction than that this is eitherforcedsavingor a form of general taxation.
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This can be regarded as a kind of 'forcedsaving' imposed on the workers.
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The trouble is that if voluntary savings are not there, the problem solves itself byforcedsaving.
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That can made up of two figures — theforcedsavingof postwar certificates, and the taxation proper.
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I said that there could be no interpretation but that it was eitherforcedsavingor additional taxation.
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The estimated surplus of£415 million, if it materialises, is, of course,forcedsaving.
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