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Why have interest rates been so low?

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Finance, Saving,
and Investment
10
CHAPTER CHECKLIST
When you have completed your
study of this chapter, you will be able to
1 Describe the financial markets and the key financial
institutions.
2 Explain how borrowing and lending decisions are made
and how these decisions interact in the loanable funds
market.
3 Explain how a government budget surplus or deficit
influences the real interest rate, investment, and saving.
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Some Financial Definitions

Physical capital is the tools, instruments,
machines, buildings, and other constructions that
have been produced in the past and that are used to
produce goods and services.
Financial capital is the funds that firms use to buy
and operate physical capital.

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Investment, Capital, Wealth, and Saving

Gross investment is the total amount spent on new
capital goods.
Net investment is the change in the quantity of
capital—equals gross investment minus depreciation.

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Figure 10.1
illustrates the
relationship
between capital
and investment.

On January 1,
2016,Tom’s DVD
Burning, Inc. had
DVD recording
machines valued
at $30,000.

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During 2016, the

value of Tom’s
machines fell by
$20,000,
depreciation.

During 2016,
Tom’s spent
$30,000 on new
machines—gross
investment.
Tom’s net investment was $10,000, so at the end of
2014,Tom had capital valued at $40,000.
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Wealth is the value of all the things that a person

owns.
Saving is the amount of income that is not paid in
taxes or spent on consumption goods and services;
saving adds to wealth.

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 Markets for Financial Capital

Saving is the source of funds that are used to finance
investment, and these funds are supplied and
demanded by three types of markets:
• Loans markets
• Bond markets
• Stock markets

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Loan Markets
Businesses often want short-term loans to buy
inventories or to extend credit to their customers.
Sometimes they get these funds in the form of a loan
from a bank.
Households often want funds to purchase big-ticket
items, such as automobiles or household furnishings
and appliances.
They get these funds as bank loans, often in the form
of outstanding credit card balances.

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Bond Markets: Thị trương trái phiếu

Bond is a promise to pay specified sums of money on
specified dates; it is a debt for the issuer.
The bond market is a financial market in which bonds
issued by firms and governments are traded.
The term of a bond might be long (decades) or short
(just a month or two).
Firms often issue very short-term bonds as a way of
getting paid for their sales before the buyer is able
to pay. ( trả cho doanh số khi người mua có khả
năng thanh toán.

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Another type of bond is a mortgage-backed security,
which entitles the holder to the income from a package
of mortgages.
 Là một loại trái phiếu khác là chứng khoán thế
chấp, cho phép người nắm giữ dduwwojc hưởng
thu nhập từ một gói các thế chấp.
Mortgage-backed securities were at the center of the
storm in the financial markets of 2007–2008.
Stock Markets
Stock is a certificate of ownership and claim to the
profits that a firm makes.
The stock market is a financial market in which
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Financial Institutions
A financial institution is a firm that operates on both
sides of the markets for financial capital: It borrows in
one market and lends in another.

The key financial institutions are :

• Investment banks
• Commercial banks
• Government-sponsored mortgage lenders
• Pension funds
• Insurance companies
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Insolvency( mất khả năng tk) and Illiquidity(

thiếu thanh khoản)
Net worth is the total market value of what it has lent
minus the market value of what it has borrowed.
If net worth is positive, the institution is solvent and can
remain in business.
But if net worth is negative, the institution is insolvent
and must stop trading.
The owners of an insolvent financial institution—usually
its stockholders—bear the loss when the assets are
sold and debts paid.
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A firm is illiquid if it has made long-term loans with

borrowed funds and is faced with a sudden demand to
repay more of what it has borrowed than its available
cash.
In normal times, a financial institution that is illiquid can
borrow from another institution.
But if all financial institutions are short of cash, the
market for loans among financial institutions dries up.
Insolvency and illiquidity were at the core of the financial
meltdown of 2007–2008.

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Interest Rates and Asset Prices

Stocks, bonds, and loans are collectively called financial
assets.
The interest rate on a financial asset is a percentage
of the price of the asset.
So if the asset price rises, other things remaining the
same, the interest rate falls.
And conversely, if the asset price falls, other things
remaining the same, the interest rate rises.

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The loanable funds market is the aggregate of the

markets for loans, bonds, and stocks.
In the market for loanable funds there is just one average
interest rate which we refer to as the interest rate.

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Flows in the Loanable Funds Market

Loanable funds are used for
1. Business investment
2. Government budget deficit
3. International investment or lending
Loanable funds come from
1. Private saving
2. Government budget surplus
3. International borrowing

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The Demand for Loanable Funds

The quantity of loanable funds demanded is the total
quantity of funds demanded to finance investment,
the government budget deficit, and international
investment or lending during a given period.
Investment is the major item that influences the
demand side of the market for loanable funds.

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Investment depends on
1. The real interest rate: lãi suất thật
2. Expected profit: lợi nhuận kì vọng
The real interest rate is the opportunity cost of the funds
used to finance the purchase of capital.
So firms compare the real interest rate with the rate of
profit that they expect to earn on their new capital.

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Firms invest only when they expect to earn a rate of

profit that exceeds the real interest rate.
As the real interest rate rises, fewer projects are
profitable, so the smaller is the quantity of loanable
funds demanded.
As the real interest rate falls, more projects become
profitable, so the larger is the quantity of loanable funds
demanded.

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Demand for Loanable Funds Curve

The demand for loanable funds is the relationship
between the quantity of investment demanded and
the real interest rate, other things remaining the same.
The demand for loanable funds is shown by a demand
for loanable funds schedule or curve.

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Figure 10.2 shows

the demand for
loanable funds.

Points A through E
on the curve DLF
correspond to the
rows in the table.

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1. A rise in the real

interest rate
decreases the
quantity of
loanable funds
demanded.
2. A fall in the real
interest rate
increases the
quantity of
loanable funds
demanded.
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Changes in the Demand for Loanable Funds

When the expected profit changes, the demand for
loanable funds changes.
Other things remaining the same, the greater the
expected profit from new capital, the greater is the
amount of investment and the greater is the demand of
loanable funds.

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The many influences on expected profit can be

placed in three groups:
• Objective influences such as the phase of the
business cycle, technological change, and
population growth
• Subjective influences summarized in the
phrase “animal spirits”
• Contagion effects summarized in the phrase
“irrational exuberance”

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Figure 10.3 shows:

1. An increase in expected
profit increases
investment and shifts the
demand for loanable
funds curve rightward to
DLF1.
2. A decrease in expected
profit decreases
investment and shifts the
demand for loanable funds
curve leftward to DLF2.
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The Supply of Loanable Funds: Nguồn cung

vốn cho vay
The quantity of loanable funds supplied is the total
funds available from private saving, the government
budget surplus, and international borrowing during a
given period.
Saving is the main item and it depends on
1. The real interest rate
2. Disposable income
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Other things remaining the same,

• The higher the real interest rate, the greater is
the quantity of saving and the greater is the
quantity of loanable funds supplied.
• The lower the real interest rate, the smaller is
the quantity of saving and the smaller is the
quantity of loanable funds supplied.

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The Supply of Loanable Funds Curve

The supply of loanable funds is the relationship
between the quantity of loanable funds supplied and the
real interest rate when all other influences on lending
plans remain the same.
The real interest rate is the opportunity cost of
consumption expenditure.
A dollar spent is a dollar not saved, so the interest that
could have been earned by saving that dollar is forgone.

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Figure 10.4 shows

the supply of
loanable funds.

Points A through
E on the curve
correspond to the
rows in the table.

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1. A rise in the real

interest rate
increases the
quantity of
loanable funds
supplied.
2. A fall in the
real interest
rate decreases
the quantity of
loanable funds
supplied.
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Changes in the Supply of Loanable Funds

The four main factors that influence saving and change
the supply of loanable funds are
1. Disposable income
2. Wealth
3. Expected future income
4. Default risk

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Disposable income is the income earned minus net

taxes.
Other things remaining the same,
• The greater a household’s disposable income, the
greater is its saving.
• The greater a household’s wealth (what it owns),
the less it will save.
• The higher a household’s expected future income,
the smaller is its saving today.

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Shifts of the Supply of Loanable Funds Curve

• Along the supply of loanable funds curve, all the
influences on saving other than the real interest
rate remain the same.
• A change in any influence on saving other than the
real interest rate changes saving and shifts the
supply of loanable funds curve.

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Figure 10.5 shows a
change in the supply of
loanable funds.
1. The supply of loanable
funds curve shifts rightward
from SLF0 to SLF1 if
• Disposable income
increases.
• Wealth, expected future
income, or default risk
decreases.

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2. The supply of loanable

funds curve shifts leftward
from SLF0 to SLF2 if …
• Disposable income
decreases.
• Wealth, expected
future income, or
default risk increases.

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Equilibrium in the
Loanable Funds
Market
Figure 10.6 shows how
the real interest rate is
determined.

• DLF is the demand for

loanable funds curve.
• SLF is the supply of
loanable funds curve.
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1. If the real interest rate is
8 percent a year, the
quantity demanded is less
than the quantity supplied.
There is a surplus of
funds. The real interest
rate falls.
2. If the real interest rate is 4
percent a year, the quantity
demanded exceeds the
quantity supplied. There is a
shortage of funds. The real
interest rate rises.
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3. When the real interest

rate is 6 percent a year,
the quantity of loanable
funds demanded equals
the quantity supplied.
There is neither a shortage
nor a surplus of funds, and
the real interest rate is at its
equilibrium level.

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Changes in Demand and Supply

1. If the demand for
loanable funds
increases, the real
interest rate rises.

2. If the supply of
loanable funds
increases, the real
interest rate falls.

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A Government Budget Surplus

A government budget surplus increases the supply
of loanable funds.
To find the supply of loanable funds, we must add the
government budget surplus to private saving supply.
An increase in the supply of loanable funds brings
a lower real interest rate, which decreases the
quantity of private saving and increases the quantity
of investment and the quantity of loanable funds
demanded.

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Figure 10.8 shows the effects

of government budget surplus.
With balanced government
budgets, the real interest
rate is 6 percent a year and
the quantity of loanable
funds is $2 trillion a year.
1. A government budget
surplus of $1 trillion is
added to private saving to
determine the supply of
loanable funds curve SLF.
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2. The real interest rate falls

to 4 percent a year.

3. The quantity of private

saving decreases to
$1.5 trillion.

4. The quantity of loanable

funds demanded and
investment increase to
$2.5 trillion.

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A Government Budget Deficit

A government budget deficit increases the demand for
loanable funds.
The increase in the demand of loanable funds raises
the real interest rate, which increases the quantity of
private saving.
But the higher interest rate decreases investment and
the quantity of loanable funds demanded by firms to
finance investment.

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Figure 10.9 shows the effects

of government budget deficit.
With a balanced government
budget, the real interest rate
is 6 percent a year and the
quantity of loanable funds is
$2 trillion a year.
1. A government budget deficit
of $1 trillion is added to the
private demand to
determine the demand for
loanable funds curve DLF.
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2. The real interest rate

rises to 8 percent a year.

3. Saving and the quantity

of loanable funds
increase to $2.5 trillion.
4. The quantity of loanable
funds demanded and
investment decrease to
$1.5 trillion.

Investment is crowded out.

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The tendency for a government budget deficit to raise

the real interest rate and decrease investment is called
the crowding-out effect.

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The Ricardo-Barro Effect

The proposition that a government budget deficit has no
effect on the real interest rate or investment.
The Ricardo-Barro effect operates if private saving and
the private supply of loanable funds increase to offset
any government budget deficit.
That is, the supply of loanable funds increases by an
amount equal to the government budget deficit and the
interest rate does not change.
Most economists regard this outcome unlikely.

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Interest rates have been
at a record low level since
2008.
The figure shows that in
2007, on the eve of the
global financial crisis, the
total amount borrowed in
the loanable funds market
was $51 trillion.
The real interest rate was
2 percent a year.

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By mid-2009, expected
profit had fallen, which
decreased investment from
$2.2 trillion in 2007 to $1.5
trillion.
The demand for loanable
funds by households and
businesses decreased.
The government launched a
massive rescue plan, which
increased its demand for
loanable funds.
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But the total demand for
loanable funds continued to
decrease.
By 2013, the demand for
loanable funds had
decreased to DLF13.
The Fed increased the
supply of loanable funds.
By 2013, the supply of
loanable funds had
increased to SLF13.

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By 2013, the interest rate
was 0.5 percent a year and
the quantity of loanable
funds was $55 trillion.
Without the increase in the
supply of loanable funds, the
quantity of loanable funds
would also have fallen.
The increased supply limited
the decrease in investment
and the severity of the
recession.
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