household savings appear to generate less than a third of total savings.
家庭储蓄似乎占总储蓄1/3弱。
in the u.s., consumption averaged 65% of gdp (and household savings averaged 11% of disposable income) for a long time before the latest decade-long housing bubble and consumption binge.
in america, the household savings ratio (the proportion of disposable income not used for consumption) has been below 2.5% since 1999; in britain, it has been below 3% in each of the past two years.
indeed, household savings in china are about 20 percent of gdp, similar to the rate in india.
的确,中国的居民储蓄约占 gdp的20%,与印度的居民储蓄率相似。
alas, the uk's net household savings are exceptionally low.
唉,英国家庭凈储蓄水平极低。
chinese household savings (obviously influenced by many things, not just demography) reached almost 25% of gdp in 2008, helping to finance investment of an unprecedented 40% of gdp.