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Figure 5. Households’ propensity to save and consumer credit<br />

The figure shows the relation between households’ saving rate and the size of the consumer credit market. Data<br />

on consumer credit are from the ECB; data on households’ propensity to save are from Istat.<br />

Propensity to save 1980-97<br />

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18<br />

16<br />

14<br />

12<br />

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PT<br />

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0 2 4 6 8 10 12<br />

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Consumer credit/ GDP ratio in 1997<br />

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