Betrayal of Tradition: Russians get rid of the savings

Finansy06-02-2008 Betrayal of Tradition: Russians get rid of the savings majority of our population has no savings. Why Russians, known for their "nakopitelskoy habit, stopped to save money under the pillow, in stockings and banks? The fact that they have opened a new law: the faster you will spend, the more acquire. Despite the fact that incomes are growing increasingly confident, the vast majority of citizens have no savings. Thus, 19% of Russians believe that this year they will have fewer opportunities to save, from the results of the All-Russian Research Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM). A year ago, these citizens were three percent less. In addition, the increased number of people willing to spend their life savings - up to 19 percent from 16 percent in January last year. Optimists, intending to increase their savings, in contrast, decreased - from 17% to 15%. What is the reason for this reluctance to protect your funds? In nominal terms, incomes of Russians recent years, growing very rapidly. However, they have not been lagging behind and inflation. Her behavior is very uncertain, and the government still can not influence it. For example, last year inflation was 11.9 percent, up 0.4 per cent increase "preddenominatsionnogo and pre-crisis 1997.