Founded in 1920 the nber is a private non profit non partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics public policy makers and business professionals. The book series national bureau of economic research project report published or distributed by the university of chicago press. The declining us national saving rate has prompted economists and policymakers to ask should the federal government encourage household saving and if so through which policies in order to better understand saving programs this volume provides a systematic and detailed description of saving policies in the g 7 industrialized nations the united states canada france germany italy . The declining us national saving rate has prompted economists and policymakers to ask should the federal government encourage household saving and if so through which policies in order to better understand saving programs this volume provides a systematic and detailed description of saving policies in the g 7 industrialized nations the united states canada france germany italy . Public use data archive economic report of the president economic report of the president share twitter linkedin email 2020 economic report of the president previous reports related topics consumption and investment more from nber in addition to working papers the nber disseminates affiliates latest findings through a range of free periodicals the nber reporter the nber digest