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Basic Question 11 of 11

The crowding-out effect suggests that government borrowing to finance higher expenditures will most likely increase ______.

A. private investment
B. the real interest rate
C. the supply of loanable funds

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bravoshieh Any idea why there is a decrease in the supply of loanable funds? Thought an increase in the real interest rate only drives the supply up?
Antoinepo increase in interest rate comes from the lack of loanable funds
Antoinepo lack of loanable funds comes from the government excessive borrowing
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Learning Outcome Statements

explain the implementation of fiscal policy and difficulties of implementation as well as whether a fiscal policy is expansionary or contractionary

CFA® 2025 Level I Curriculum, Volume 1, Module 3.