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Why Your Savings Rate Is Falling in a Stagflation Economy
In this episode of Stagflation Conversations, Lucas and Luna drill into a quiet but telling number: the U.S. personal savings rate, which has been sliding even as wages tick up and unemployment holds near 4.1 percent. They explore why households are saving less in a slow-growth, high-inflation environment—covering the math of sticky prices, the pull of consumption now versus later, and how the 1970s offer a cautionary tale about savings behavior when real returns are negative. With references to the latest CPI data, the $40 trillion debt mark, and the recent chatter around Treasury buybacks…
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