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EPARGNE EXCESSIVE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-12-21
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Currency and Foreign Exchange
- Saving and Consumption
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- oversaving
1, record 1, English, oversaving
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
When oversaving occurs, the amount of money removed from the income flow is greater than the amount returned to it; income must therefore fall. Oversaving has long been used by such economists as Thomas Robert Malthus and John Atkinson Hobson to explain low or falling national income. 2, record 1, English, - oversaving
Record 1, Key term(s)
- over-saving
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Politique monétaire et marché des changes
- Épargne et consommation
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- surépargne
1, record 1, French, sur%C3%A9pargne
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- épargne excessive 1, record 1, French, %C3%A9pargne%20excessive
correct, feminine noun
- excès d'épargne 2, record 1, French, exc%C3%A8s%20d%27%C3%A9pargne
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[Les États-Unis] peuvent risquer de connaître une insuffisance de consommation ou une insuffisance d'investissement, ce qui peut se caractériser d'un mot en disant qu'ils peuvent connaître un excès d'épargne. 2, record 1, French, - sur%C3%A9pargne
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
surépargne; épargne excessive : termes extraits du «Glossaire économique» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques. 3, record 1, French, - sur%C3%A9pargne
Record 1, Key term(s)
- sur-épargne
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
- Ahorro y consumo
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- sobreahorro
1, record 1, Spanish, sobreahorro
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[Fenómeno que se produce en] una sociedad que en un momento dado genera grandes excedentes de ahorro difíciles de invertir en su propio ámbito (el caso del Reino Unido a finales del siglo XIX [...]) y que por ello mismo tiene que darle salida por medio de la exportación de capitales. 2, record 1, Spanish, - sobreahorro
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