Question

The interest rate is 5% in the market for loanable funds. Investors wish to borrow $100 million and savers wish to save $125 million at this interest rate. We would expect the interest rate to _____, as there is a _____ of loanable funds.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Fall; Surplus

Explanation:

Loanable Funds

This is simply the sum total of all the money individuals in an economy or nation have decided to save and lend to borrowers as an investment rather than use for individual consumption. The market describes how money is borrowed. It illustrates the interactions between savers and borrowers in a country.

Interest rate here is determined by the demand and Supply of loanable funds. When the Savers and More than the borrowers, that is, supply is larger than demand, interest Rate generally FALLS (drops). This is as a result of the SURPLUS loanable funds available.

A good example is in the question, where the borrowers want 100million and the Savers are saving 125 million.

The Savers amount are more than the borrowers amount by 25 million, hence a fall in interest rate due to that Surplus.