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Saving, Investment, and the
Financial System
Economics
PRINCIPLES OF
N. Gregory Mankiw
Public saving
= Tax revenue less government spending
=T–G
I = Y–C–G = (Y – T – C) + (T – G)
Saving
Saving == investment in aa closed
closed economy
economy
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ACTIVE LEARNING 1
Answer
Given:
Y = 10.0, C = 6.5, G = 2.0, G – T = 0.3
Remember:
Remember: In
In economics,
economics, investment
investment is
is NOT
NOT
the
the purchase
purchase of
of stocks
stocks and
and bonds!
bonds!
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3. THE MARKET FOR
LOANABLE FUNDS
60 80 Loanable Funds
($billions)
Demand
50 80 Loanable Funds
($billions)
60 Loanable Funds
($billions)
60 70 Loanable Funds
($billions)
60 70 Loanable Funds
($billions)
6%
…which increases
5%
the eq’m interest rate
and decreases the
eq’m quantity of L.F.
D1
50 60 Loanable Funds
($billions)
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CHAPTER SUMMARY