If there is a surplus of loanable funds, then

If and when the demand of loanable funds shifts to the left:

1. What happens to the quantity of loanable funds supplied when the interest rate rises? Explain why this change happens

Exercise #1: Write two paragraphs on the impact of borrower liquidity (think, cash like assets and income) vs. equity (think, property value). These issues can be measured at loan origination, and also can and do change over the life of the loan. They are effected by macro-economic factors, like the local or general health of the economy and by personal factors like death, divorce, lost of employment, and over spending/poor financial management.

Manipulate the graph to show what will happen to supply and demand in the market for loanable funds when the government budget deficit increases, changing the equilibrium quantity of loanable funds by 3 percentage points. Ceteris paribus, what is the new interest rate? interest rate: 6 Ceteris paribus, private investment would decrease. not change. increase. % Interest rate (%) 10 9 8 7 6 4 3 2 1 0 0 Supply 6 Demand 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 Quantity of loanable funds (% of GDP)