If the demand for loanable funds increases, what will happen to real interest rates and the economic growth?
Real Interest Rates / Economic Growth
a. Increase / Increase
b. Increase / Decrease
c. Decrease / No Change
d. Decrease / Decrease
e. Decrease / Increase
Answer :- Option 'b' is the correct Answer
If the demand for loanable funds increases, then real interest rates will increase and the economic growth will decrease.
Increase in loanable funds cause an increase in Intrest, the investment will go down and hence economic growth will decrease.
One of the reasons the demand curve for the loanable funds graph is down-sloping is that when the interest rate is low, the quantity demanded of loanable funds will be greater.
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