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Uncertainty due to Covid-19 is contributing to French household savings
[L’incertitude due à la Covid-19 alimente l’épargne des ménages français]

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  • Stefan Gebauer
  • Jean-François Ouvrard
  • Camille Thubin

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We study the role of precautionary savings in the recent rise in French household savings. Using different approaches, we show that elevated uncertainty contributed to the surge in savings in 2020, notably in the first lockdown. For the whole year, however, uncertainty effects were small compared to the contribution of administrative spending constraints. Nous étudions le rôle des motifs de précaution dans la récente hausse de l’épargne des ménages français. Différentes approches montrent que l’incertitude élevée a contribué à la forte hausse de l’épargne en 2020, notamment durant le premier confinement. Sur l’année entière, cependant, les effets d’incertitude ont été faibles comparés à la contribution des restrictions administratives sur les dépenses.

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