51.   Finally, it is important to remember that Japan has the highest savings rate in the world.

52.   For one thing, Americans spent virtually all of their income this summer, and the official savings rate dropped to virtually zero.

53.   Foreign capital will also play an important role in achieving a higher domestic savings rate.

54.   Given these investments and current savings rates, are my retirement goals realistic, and is this portfolio on track to realize these goals?

55.   Governments must work to bring down fiscal deficits and improve savings rates, he said.

56.   Gurria said the Asian tradition of high personal savings rates will also help Korea back on its feet.

57.   He notes that anxiety with budget deficits derives from concern that the national savings rate, both public and private, is too low.

58.   He says the official, pathetic U.S. savings rate ignores unrealized capital gains and profits built up in homes.

59.   High growth and high savings rates made Chile a refuge for investors avoiding currency turmoil in the rest of Latin America.

60.   His deep concern for a declining national savings rate has made him a name on the issue of loosening restrictions on individual retirement accounts.