ECON 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Government Budget Balance, Loanable Funds, Government Spending

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Chapter 8: saving, investment and the financial system. Financial system: the group of institutions in the economy that help to match one person"s saving with another person"s investment. Financial markets: financial institutions through which savers can directly provide funds to borrowers. Stock: a claim to partial ownership in a firm. Financial intermediaries: financial institutions through which savers can indirectly provide funds to burrowers. Mutual fund: an institution that sells shares to the public and uses the proceeds to buy a portfolio of stocks and bonds. National saving (saving): the total income in the economy that remains after paying for consumption and government purchases. Private saving: the income that households have left after paying for taxes and consumption. Public saving: the tax revenue that the government has left after paying for its spending. Budget surplus: an excess of tax revenue over government spending. Budget deficit: a shortfall of tax revenue from government spending.

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