出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/12 15:17 UTC 版)
Global saving glut (also global savings glut) is a term coined by Ben Bernanke in 2005. The term describes a situation in which there are worldwide too many savings with respect to investment opportunities. On a national level a saving glut creates the tendency for savings to finance current account deficits instead of investments. This can be observed, according to Bernanke (2005), in both developing and industrial countries. The most important receiving country of these export surpluses financed by excess savings, is the United States, which runs a current account deficit.