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Chapter 15, Problem 21P
To determine

Concept introduction:

Lenders: They are individuals or firms that have surplus funds as their income is more than their expenditure. They loan their surplus funds out.

Borrowers: They are individuals or firms that face shortage of funds as their income falls short of their expenditure. They borrow funds from others to meet the shortage.

Financial Intermediaries: They are institutions that accept savings from lenders and make them available to borrowers.

Direct Finance: It is a system of financing in which lenders make their surplus funds available to borrowers facing shortage of funds, directly.

Indirect Finance: It is a system of financing in which lenders make their surplus funds available to borrowers facing shortage of funds, indirectly through financial intermediaries like banks, mutual funds etc.

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