Saturday, March 28, 2015

Loanable Funds Market

  • market where savers and borrowers exchange funds ( QLF ) at real rate of interest ( r % )
  • demand for loanable funds, or borrowing, comes from households, firms, the government, and foreign sector
    • demand for loanable funds is in fact the supply of bonds
  • supply of loanable funds, or savings, comes from households, firms, the government, and foreign sectors
    • supply of loanable funds is also demand for bonds
Change in Demand for Loanable Funds :

  • demand for loanable funds equals more borrowing (supplying of bonds)
    • more borrowing = more demand for LF (  )
    • less borrowing = less demand for LF (  )
  • ex : government deficit spending = more borrowing = more LF
  •        less investment demand = less borrowing = less demand LF
Change in Supply of Loanable Funds :
  • supply of LF = savings ( ex : demand for bonds )
  • more savings = more supply of LF (  )
  • less savings = less supply of LF (  )
  • ex : government budget surplus = more saving = more supply of LF  ( SLF → r % ↓ )
  •        decrease in consumers MPS = less savings = less supply LF ( SLF  r %  )
- Loanable Funds Market determines real interest rate
 in real interest will affect Ig
- when the government does fiscal policy, it will affect the LF Market
 in savings/borrowing creates a  in → r  % 
LF Market relates savings and borrowing

2 comments:

  1. I really like the picture you have of the resource and product market cycle because I wasn't able to fully comprehend what was actually going on and what it had to do with the loanable funds market. This picture clears it up a it for me, and helps me understand how the resource and product markets works with the loans market.

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  2. I'm glad that my chart was able to help you :')

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