1.   For a current account deficit on the balance of payments reflects a shortage of national savings, in relation to investment.

2.   National Savings For a more guaranteed but potentially less bountiful return, there are a number of fixed-rate bonds.

3.   Savings include cash, money in bank and building society accounts, national savings certificates and accounts, premium bonds and shares.

4.   Also on the agenda are moves to increase the level of national savings, probably by raising contributions to the state pension scheme.

5.   And it would pump up our national savings rate, a boost to future economies, which, after all, must provide the resources for these benefits.

6.   And LDP officials told Bloomberg News they were already discussing the use of money from the national postal savings and pension system to buy preferred shares of banks.

7.   And LDP officials told Bloomberg News they were discussing the use of money from the national postal savings and pension system to buy preferred shares of banks.

8.   And unlike a permanent income tax cut that raised household spending, a temporary consumption tax cut would not undermine long-term efforts to increase national savings.

9.   As a first step to push growth higher, the group called for making more private capital available by raising the national savings rate.

10.   Australia has been a big borrower of overseas funds, given the traditionally low rate of national savings.