01676cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009959 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451948028 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. National Savings and Targets for the Federal Budget Balance in the United States. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1989. 1 online resource (46 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The U.S. national savings rate has declined in the 1980s, with both public and private components falling. This paper discusses that decline and whether a policy response is needed. The drop in the private savings rate appears to reflect factors not easily reversible by policy and increases in public saving may thus provide the most effective means of bolstering national savings. Illustrative calculations based on two alternative frameworks indicate that a net national saving rate substantially above its current level could be a desirable objective and that a large federal budget surplus could be needed to that end. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1989/103 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1989/103/001.1989.issue-103-en.xml IMF e-Library