The only direct impact I have felt is that my company cut salaries by 4% company wide. I think that hurt some people pretty badly, but has only slowed down our savings rate a bit.
I'm seeing a lot of people around me try to start saving, and cut back on unnecessary expenses. Assuming that they learn from this experience, and do not fall back into their old habits I think that the long term impact could be positive. Obviously some people are hurting badly from the recession, but I'm not seeing a whole lot of that where I am.
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