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In economics, the marginal propensity to save refers to the increase in saving (non-purchase of current goods and services) that results from an increase in income. (It can also go the other way, referring to the decrease in saving that results from a decrease in income.) It is crucial to Keynesian economics and is the key variable determining the value of the multiplier.
The marginal propensity to save is measured as the ratio of the change in saving to the change in income.