ECON 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Capital Gain, Opportunity Cost, Capital Market

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Capital market: the market in which households supply to savings to firms that demands fund to buy capital goods. (is money- as opposed to capital stock) Either directly or indirectly, more investments that firms make comes from money that they borrowed form households. When a household decides not to consume a portion of its income, it saves. Investment by firms is the demand for capital. Saving by households is the supply of capital. Various financial institutions facilitate the transfer of households" savings to firms that use them for capital investment. By definition, net consumer savings must be invested in capital. Capital income: income earned on savings that have been put to use through financial capital markets. Interest: the payments made for the use of money. Interest rate: a fee paid annually expressed as a percentage of the loan or deposit.

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