Investment and the Demand for Loanable Funds

Investment

Investment is a decreasing function of the interest rate.  I(R).

Financial investment vs. physical investment.

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Government Deficits

Governments could in principle be net suppliers of loanable funds (running a budget surplus), but we include them here because they are usually net borrowers.

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