Sentences with phrase «as a percentage of disposable income»

In the graphic below, we see that inflation - adjusted savings as a percentage of disposable income (DPI) has dropped to levels not seen since shortly before the financial system collapsed in 2008.

Household debt as a percentage of disposable income was was 163.3 % in the first quarter, Statistics Canada reported last week — only marginally lower than the record 163.9 % ratio the agency calculated for the fourth quarter.

In the United Kingdom they define their savings ratio as the percentage of disposable income that is saved.

The governor noted in his latest speech that the debt - service ratio, or the amount we owe as percentage of our disposable income, has held steady at around 5 per cent since the early 1990s.

The ratio of those who only service only the interest on their debt fell to a record low of 6.1 %, and the household debt service ratio, a measure of obligated payment as a percentage of disposable income, fell to 14 % from 14.1 %

However, the household debt service ratio — interest paid as a percentage of disposable income — remained at a record low, the agency noted, due to continuing low interest rates and income gains.

Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, personal saving (income less taxes and spending) as a percentage of disposable income was consistently above 10 percent.