What happens to market-clearing, or equilibrium, interest rates in a capital market when the demand for funds declines?

Capital Market

What role do interest rates play in allocating capital to different potential borrowers?

What happens to market-clearing, or equilibrium, interest rates in a capital market when the demand for funds declines?

What happens when expected inflation increases or decreases?

How does the price of capital tend to change during a boom or a recession?

How does risk affect interest rates?

If inflation during the last 12 months was 2 percent and the interest rate during that period was 5 percent, what was the real rate of interest? If inflation is expected to average 4 percent during the next year and the real rate is 3 percent, what should the current rate of interest be?

What happens to market-clearing, or equilibrium, interest rates in a capital market when the demand for funds declines?
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