For the moment, the attempt to channel household savings into the stock market and use them to replace debts with equities has failed.

As stock values collapse, lifelong household savings are eroded, not to mention pension funds.

Household savings became negative for the first time since the Great Depression, with the country borrowing $3 billion a day from foreigners.

Household savings became negative for the first time since the Great Depression, with the country borrowing $3 billion a day from foreigners.

Household savings became negative for the first time since the Great Depression, with the country as a whole borrowing $3 billion a day from foreigners.