personal savings

Your own money

Personal savings is money set aside from income rather than spent.

The term usually refers to funds held in bank accounts, retirement plans, or other financial instruments: They dipped into their personal savings to cover the medical bills.

Personal savings rate measures what percentage of disposable income a population saves rather than spends.

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source of funds

personal savingsloan

Borrowed money repaid later

borrowed money · credit · mortgage · consumer debt · credit card debt

financial behavior

personal savingsconsumption

Using up of resources

expenditure · overspending · splurging · profligacy · living beyond one's means

ownership/control

personal savingspublic funds

Government-held monetary resources

government funds · corporate assets · government reserves · national reserves · pension funds

Family

personal, saving, savings, personality, persons, personally, impersonal, personable, personalize

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