Are Americans Saving
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* Cori E. Uccello is the Senior Health Fellow at the American Academy of Actuaries and a consultant for the Urban Institute. This brief was written while Ms. Uccello was a Senior Research Associate at the Urban Institute. The brief is based on a paper by Eric M. Engen, William G. Gale and Cori E. Uccello, “The Adequacy of Household Saving,” published in the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. The author especially wishes to thank Bill Gale for very helpful suggestions. The author also thanks Andy Eschtruth, Richard Johnson, Alicia Munnell and Annika Sundén for helpful comments. Any errors or opinions expressed in this issue in brief are solely those of the author. INSIDE
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