ECON 2100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Demand Curve, Real Interest Rate, Loanable Funds

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Chapter 18 - saving, investment, and the financial system. Show how saving and investment coordinate by loanable funds market. Study effects of taxes and gov deficits on: saving, investment, accumulation of capital, and growth rate of output. Financial system: group of institutions in economy that help match one person"s savings with another person"s investment. Financial markets: institutions through which savers can directly provide funds to investors: stock mkt and bond mkt. Financial intermediaries: institutions through which savers can indirectly provide funds to investors: banks and mutual funds. Bond market: bond: certificate of indebtedness that specifies obligations of borrower to holder of the bond, rate of interest paid periodically until loan matures, term: length time until bond matures. Long-term bonds pay higher ir than short term bonds: credit risk: probability that borrower will fail to pay some of interest/principle. The more risky a bond, the higher the ir: tax treatment: way in which tax laws treat interest of bond.

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