{"id":44,"date":"2024-05-16T20:04:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:17:44","slug":"saving","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/saving\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Definition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Investopdeia, saving is what a person&nbsp;has left over when the cost of his or her consumer expenditure is subtracted from the amount of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/d\/disposableincome.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disposable income<\/a>&nbsp;earned&nbsp;in a given period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Adapted from:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/s\/savings.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/s\/savings.asp<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Easy Tips to Save Money Every Day\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XyprwJuGVtk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Adapted from:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/college-careers-more\/personal-finance\/pf-saving-and-budgeting\/tips-for-tracking-and-saving-money\/v\/easy-tips-to-save-money-every-day\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/college-careers-more\/personal-finance\/pf-saving-and-budgeting\/tips-for-tracking-and-saving-money\/v\/easy-tips-to-save-money-every-day<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saving Infographic<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/SavingsInfographic-410x1024.jpg\" alt=\"savings infographic\" class=\"wp-image-46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/SavingsInfographic-410x1024.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/SavingsInfographic-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/SavingsInfographic.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Adapted from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fintrakk.com\/how-to-save-money-12-tips-only-smart-people-know\/\">https:\/\/fintrakk.com\/how-to-save-money-12-tips-only-smart-people-know\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definition According to Investopdeia, saving is what a person&nbsp;has left over when the cost of his or her consumer expenditure is subtracted from the amount of&nbsp;disposable income&nbsp;earned&nbsp;in a given period of time. Adapted from:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/s\/savings.asp&nbsp; Video Saving Infographic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/financialliteracy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}