View Gross Domestic Savings (% of GDP)   (hover mouse over graphs to view details)

Gross domestic savings are calculated as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) less total consumption spending.  (GDP is the market value of all goods and services produced in the U.S. in a year.)  This chart shows the percentage of GDP that is not consumed in spending.  The downward trend indicates that we are consistently saving less of what we produce.

The data set is from:
The World Bank via Google Public Data