NOTES (3/23/15) - Loanable Funds Market
- market where savers and borrowers exchange funds (Qlf) at the real rate of interest (r%)
- demand for loanable funds, or borrowings, comes from households, firms, government, and the foreign sector; demand for loanable funds is in fact the supply of bonds
- supply of loanable funds, or savings, comes from households, firms, goverment, and the foreign sector; supply of loanable funds is also the demand for bonds
Changes In Loanable Funds
- demand for loanable funds = borrowing (i.e. supplying bonds)
- more borrowing = more demand for loanable funds (->)
- less borrowing = less demand for loanable funds (<-)
- Examples:
- government deficit spending = more borrowers
- less investment spending = less borrowing
Changes In Supply of Loanable Funds
- supply of loanable funds = savings
- more savings = more supply of loanable funds (->)
- less savings = less supply of loanable funds (<-)
- Examples:
- government budget surplus = more savings
- decrease in consumers' MPS = less savings
- when government does fiscal policy it will effect the loanable funds market
- change in real interest rate (r%) will affect Gross Private Domestic Investment
I like the fact that you use arrows to show how the graph moves, but can you also include a visual of what that change would look like? It would great improve your content by helping the textual clues connect with the visual. Just a friendly suggestion :)
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