Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Changes In The Supply of Loan-able Funds


  • Remember that supply of borrowing of loan-able funds = savings (liw demand for bonds)
  • more savings= more supply of loan-able funds (->)
  • less savings = less supply of loan-able funds (->)
  • EX - 
  • -- Government budget surplus = more savings= more supply Loan-able funds .: Slf -> .: v
  • -- decrease in consumers MPS = less saving = less supply of loan-able funds .: slf <- .:r ^
Final Thoughts on Loan-able Funds
  • loanable funds market determines the real interst rate
  • when government does fiscal policy it will affect the loan-able funds market
  • changes in the real interst rate (r%) will affect Gross Private investment. 
Federal Fund Rate- the interest rate that commercial bank, change other commercial banks for over night
- discount rate- loans form FED 
- Sister banks- federal fund rate

Prime Rate- the interest rate that is given to a banks most credit worthy consumers
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