Thanks, Lincoln, for posting this. I noticed that our savings rate (in the USA) went negative several months ago and hasn't really gone positive since then.

Here's some government data:

[link|http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/Nipa-Frb.asp|http://www.bea.gov/b...aweb/Nipa-Frb.asp]

I really don't know what will cause people to start thinking about savings again when personal consumer debt is so high (credit cards, etc). Time will tell, one way or the other.