La importancia de la sobreacumulación del ahorro en la crisis financiera de 2007: algunos aspectos a considerar para la economía estadounidense

The aim of this paper is to present a brief reflection on the link between the so-called excessive saving thesis and the formation of the financial crisis during 2007 in the United States.

The introduction establishes the relationship between excessive accumulation of liquid capital by nonfinancial corporations and the thesis of overaccumulation of savings. The second part briefly describes what this thesis consists of and what the scope would be in terms of monetary policy and the development of the crisis. The third section states the possible effects of overaccumulation of savings and finally it's concluded about the scope and limitations of this work.