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Title says it all... pretty much.

Maybe this exercise is really simple and this question a bit silly: I'd guess it's simply the sum of all expenses (i.e. expense accounts) over the sum of all income, per time period, e.g. per year (1 Jan - 31 Dec). But happy to get some ideas / comments on how to think about it / what steps are involved in establishing it via GnuCash...

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What is the Savings Rate?

The savings rate is a measurement of the amount of money, expressed as a percentage or ratio, that a person deducts from their disposable personal income to set aside as a nest egg or for retirement.

In economic terms, saving is a choice to forego some current consumption in favor of increased future consumption, so the savings rate reflects a person or group's rate of time preference. The savings rate is also related to the marginal propensity to save.

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The savings rate is the percentage of disposable personal income that a person or group of people save rather than spend on consumption.

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You can run the Income Statement report, under Reports > Income & Expense. Then click Options, go to the General tab and select the time period you are interested in.

That will give you a report of your total income and expenses over the period and make it simple to calculate savings rate as (income - expenses) / income.

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