Household savings rates:

A. were fairly constant at about 5 %in the United States from 2000 to 2010.
B. were roughly 5% in the United States in 2016.
C. were 10% in the United States in 2016.
D. have been roughly 15 % in the United States for the last 30 years or so.


Answer: B

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