AP Macroeconomics 4.7 The Loanable Funds Market Questions

Use the loanable-funds model to connect saving, borrowing, investment, fiscal balances, and capital flows with equilibrium real interest rates.

Syllabus
Effective Fall 2022
Course
AP Macroeconomics

Exam points

  • identify savers as suppliers and borrowers or investors as demanders of loanable funds
  • relate higher real rates to more saving supplied and less investment demanded
  • connect public and private saving or net capital inflow to funds available for investment
  • explain how shortages and surpluses move the real interest rate back toward equilibrium
  • shift demand for changes in investment incentives and supply for saving or capital-flow changes

Question 1

[Maximum number: 1]

The loanable funds market is best described as bringing together

A

savers and borrowers

B

investors and borrowers

C

financial institutions and investors

D

savers and lenders

E

banks and savers

Question 2

[Maximum number: 1]

Assume that the economy of Moneyland is in equilibrium with an actual unemployment rate equal to the natural rate of unemployment.

How would the change in the policy rate shown on your graph in part (e) affect each of the following in Moneyland in the short run?

The quantity of national savings

Question 3

[Maximum number: 1]

. If the current real interest rate in the loanable funds market is greater than the equilibrium real interest rate,which of the following is most likely to occur?

A

(A) The real interest rate will decrease,causing borrowers to decrease the quantity demanded of loanable funds.

B

(B) The real interest rate will decrease,causing savers to increase the quantity supplied of loanable funds.

C

(C) The real interest rate will decrease,causing savers to decrease the quantity supplied of loanable funds.

D

(D) The real interest rate will increase,causing savers to increase the quantity supplied of loanable funds.

E

(E) The real interest rate will increase,causing borrowers to increase the quantity demanded of loanable funds.

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