ECSENOMICS Two Measures of the Personal Saving rate T-164 Figure 22-8 National-accounts savin Balance- sheet saving rate 1900-69 1970-79 198089 1990.9 Decade McGraw-Hilllrwin Source: william G. Gale and John Sabe lhaus, "Pe rspectives on the Household Saving Rate, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. 1, 1999; and U.S. De partment of CommereMcGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Two Measures of the Personal Saving Rate T-164 Figure 22-8 Source: William G. Gale and John Sabelhaus, “Perspectives on the Household Saving Rate,” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, no. 1, 1999; and U.S. Department of Commerce