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Here we're asked about the loanable funds market.
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So my default approach is always to try to visualize what's going on, right? the loanable funds market is a tradeoff between the real rate of interest and the amount of loanable funds, right? demand slopes downwards because the rate of interest is the price of funds.
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As funds get more expensive, you want less.
00:21
And the supply curve is upward sloping because the interest rate is the return to supplying funds.
00:28
The more you save, right, the more you, sorry, the higher interest rate, you get the more you want to save.
00:35
So this is mostly firms, right? these are firms who are buying money to build subdivisions to construct new factories, maybe governments to build bridges, things like this.
00:47
Savings is mostly consumers, right? these are people saving for retirement, saving for their kids ' education, putting their money in the bank, right, who are engaged in saving.
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So now we have a shock, right? and the idea here is more retirement savings...