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| | Saving (economics) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Saving refers to an activity occurring over time, a (The motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)) flow variable, whereas savings refers to something that exists at any one time, a stock variable. |
 | | Saving can therefore be vital to increase the amount of fixed capital available, which contributes to (Steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)) economic growth. |
 | | This means that saving may increase without increasing investment, possibly causing a short-fall of demand (a pile-up of inventories, a cut-back of production, employment, and income, and thus a (The act of ceding back) recession) rather than to economic growth. |
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