[单项选择]Millions of American consumers helped spend the economy back to a decent pace of growth in the last few months. But some of them did so against their own long-term self-interest. That could be you, if you temporarily gave up on the idea of saving any money, opting instead to head to the mall, the car dealer or Las Vegas.
The fourth quarter reversed some of the progress the country has made since 2007 in boosting the personal saving rate which is the percentage of income people hold back as savings. But the recent decline in people’s ability or willingness to save stirs fears that we’re reverting to the bad old days, failing to do enough to build adequate financial cushions for the inevitable future shocks. Luckily for the Fed and the economy, for the last two years a saving rate mostly between 5% and 6% has produced enough spending to drive a recovery while also allowing at least some portion of households to fund larger nest eggs.
The way the government measures the saving r
A. people are unwilling to save money in the future
B. people’s life will step backward to the good old days
C. not enough money is saved to get through recessions
D. little progress will be made in financial development