Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134735696
Author: PARKIN, Michael
Publisher: Pearson,
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Determine the changes in the demand and supply of loanable funds if the government misses its deficit target.

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Assume the country’s government increased spending and as a result, the nation ran a deficit. Explain how the increase in government spending will affect real interest rates and show the change on the loanable funds market graph.
Using a graph representing the market for loanable funds, show and explain what happens tointerest rates and investment if a government goes from a deficit to a surplus.
Collaboration with Congress during the Clinton Administration allowed for an aggressive deficit-cutting plan to pass. As a result, the government was able to reach a balanced budget at the end of the 90's. Move the supply and/or demand curves to describe the expected effect that this deficit-reduction likely had upon the loanable funds market. As a result, private investment should have a) decreased as the cost of borrowing increased. b) increased as the cost of borrowing increased. c) increased because the cost of borrowing decreased. d) decreased as the cost of borrowing decreased.
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