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Article
Lithuanian Household Savings Behaviour
Egidijus Bikas
ABSTRACT. The aim of the article is to evaluate savings behavior of Lithuanian household, savings transformation into investment and the importance towards state economy. The significant relationship between the savings and investments exists and the dynamic of savings depends on the development of economy and vice versus. The beginning of the article defines the topic relevance, household savings role for Lithuanian economics and savings estimation methods of certain foreign scientists are provided. The present situation and problems of household savings transformation into investment is investigated comparing abroad and Lithuanian savings rates.
KEYWORDS: saving ratio, saving, household savings, investment, Lithuania.
JEL classification: D14, D31, G11, P2.