In the United Kingdom they define their savings
ratio as the percentage of disposable income that is saved.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Here is a graph created from data released by the Federal Reserve Board which shows the Household Debt Service
Ratio for mortgages
as a
percentage of disposable personal
income.
The best indicator
of mortgage debt is the Federal Reserve Board's household Debt Service
Ratio for mortgages, which calculates mortgage debt
as a
percentage of disposable personal
income.
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 %