America’s net national saving rate – the sum total of household, business, and government saving (adjusted for the depreciation of aging capacity) – currently stands at 2.5% of national income. While that is better than the negative saving rates of 2008-2011, it remains well short of the 6.3% average of the final three decades of the twentieth century.
尽管这一论调在情绪上和政治上颇具号召力，但却是严重错误的，因为美国存在着严重的储蓄问题。美国的净国民储蓄率——家庭、企业和政府储蓄总和（经老化产能折旧调整）——目前占国民收入的2.5%。这比2008—2011年间为负的储蓄率已经好了不少，但仍远低于二十世纪最后三十年6.3%的平均水平。