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Who Are the World’s Thriftiest People?
For many years, people from the world over have placed their money in banks in Switzerland.
Switzerland is one of the most stable and secure nations on earth, having remained out of European wars for centuries. And Swiss law guarantees total secrecy regarding Swiss bank accounts.
The Swiss people make good use of their banks, Switzerland has the highest savings rate of any country on earth. In the United States, the average person has about $3,780 in savings accounts.
But in Switzerland, the thriftiest country in the world, ‘the average person has more than $8,400 in savings!