The majority of Americans enjoy saving money more than spending it, by 62 percent to 34 percent, according to a Gallup poll released this week.
The 2014 saving-spending gap is one of the widest since Gallup began tracking Americans' preferences in 2001.
Before the Great Recession, the saving-spending gap was much smaller than it is now. After the start of the economic crisis, the gap widened over the next couple of years, including 2010, when it stretched as much as 27 percentage points. There was then a narrowing of the gap to 19 points in 2012 before it increased again in 2013 and this year.
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