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Record 1 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Saving and Consumption
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.

Key term(s)
  • over-saving

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Épargne et consommation
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.

OBS

surépargne; épargne excessive : termes extraits du «Glossaire économique» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Key term(s)
  • sur-épargne

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
  • Ahorro y consumo
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.

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