* Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > What was the time lag between the start of social security and the > depression of national savings? Since national savings didn't start > dropping noticably until the '90s, when they fell through the floor,
Actually, no, there was a broad peak from about 1981 to 1985, and then personal savings rate trended downard from then on. Incidentally, that is the time that the baby boomers should have been saving a lot for their retirement. Maybe they thought that since Greenspan "fixed" social security, they didn't have to save? http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/PSAVERT/112/Max _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
