The amount that individuals, firms, or governments plan to save. Savings plans may not be carried out for two main reasons. Income may be larger or smaller than expected, and emergencies may arise which require unanticipated spending or prevent spending plans from being carried out. Planned savings should be distinguished from contractual savings, such as mortgage repayments or life insurance premiums. Individuals are committed to such savings by contracts which may be impossible or expensive to break, but there are many other forms of savings, and it is perfectly possible to plan to fund contractual savings by incurring debts or running down other assets.

• commons
• common stock
• Community Charge
• community indifference curve
• Companies, Registrar of
• company
• company director
• company law
• company taxation
• comparative advantage
• comparative costs
• comparative statics
• comparisons, interpersonal
• compensated demand curve
• compensating variation
• compensating wage differential
• compensation for externalities
• compensation principle
• competition
• Competition Commission
• competition policy
• competitive devaluation
• competitive equilibrium
• competitiveness
• competitive tendering