11/1/2011 00:00:00
In the third quarter of 2010, the propensity to save of households amounted to 12.1 percent, down 0.7 percentage points from the previous quarter and 0.9 percentage points over the third quarter of 2009. The purchasing power of households (i.e. households’ disposable income in real terms) fell by 0.5 percent compared to both the previous quarter and the corresponding quarter of 2009.