It's a negative savings rate, we've had a negative savings rate in this country now for 23 months.

这是个负储蓄率，我们国家处于负储蓄率已经有23个月了。

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Currently, the real interest rates of savings accounts are negative.

目前，储蓄账户的实际利率是负的。

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After the collapse of the Spanish property market left many expats living in negative equity, the decline in UK savings interest rates and pension payments may prove a blow too far.

西班牙房地产市场崩溃之后，很多外国人生活中出现负资产，英国存款利率及退休金的下跌可能会使市场受到更长远的打击。

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Despite the misleading personal savings rate (negative because it arbitrarily excludes gains from income), the U.S. has more household financial savings than the rest of the world combined, an even bigger lead if tangible assets like houses and cars are counted.

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Net effect on savings accounts: negative.

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At the same time, consumer debt levels skyrocketed and the savings rate actually turned negative (U.S. households consumed more than their after-tax income).

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