Flow of Funds Accounts--Composition of Individuals' Savings: 1952 to 2006 (Statistical Abstract 2008 Table 0653)

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1. A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were
   corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty
   gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no
   data were changed.

1. The first four files have been restructured to allow full
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notes (pg 2)

1. Only directly held and those in closed-end and exchange-traded funds. Other equities are included in
   mutual funds and life insurance and pension reserves.
2. Includes corporate farms.
3. Line 18 less line 23.
4. Line 42 and 43 are conceptually equivalent but measure saving using different data. Line 42 is net acquisition of financial assets (line 1) plus net investment in tangible assets net of consumer durables
   (line 27 less line 41) less net increase in liabilities (line 32). Line 43 is disposable personal income (line 45) less personal outlays (table F.100, line 4).

[In billions of dollars (29.8 represents $29,800,000,000). Combined statement for households, farm
business, and nonfarm noncorporate business. Minus sign (-) indicates decrease.
Personal saving on national income account basis measures personal
saving as income less taxes and consumption; flow-of-funds basis
measures the same concept from acquisition of assets less borrowing]

table: [74, 57]

0653

2008