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the loanable funds market

Review the loanable funds market for AP Macroeconomics and try 2 free AP-style practice questions. 11 questions on this topic in AP Macro · Unit 4 · Financial Sector.

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Question 1

If households save more, the real interest rate and investment will change in which of the following ways?

Question 2

In the loanable funds market, the demand for loanable funds slopes downward because

Sample free-response question

After a collapse in business confidence, Calderra's real GDP has fallen to $610 billion, below its full-employment real GDP of $650 billion, and its unemployment rate has risen to 7.5 percent. The banking system in Calderra has limited reserves.

(a) Draw a correctly labeled graph of aggregate demand, short-run aggregate supply, and long-run aggregate supply for Calderra, and show each of the following.

  • (i) The current equilibrium real output and price level, labeled Y1Y_1 and PL1PL_1, respectively

  • (ii) The full-employment output, labeled YFY_F
    (b) Identify the open-market operation the central bank of Calderra could use to help the economy recover from the recession.
    (c) Draw a correctly labeled graph of the money market for Calderra, and label the current equilibrium nominal interest rate i1i_1.
    (d) On your graph in part (c), show the effect of the open-market operation identified in part (b). Label the new nominal interest rate i2i_2.
    (e) Based on the change in the nominal interest rate shown in part (d), what will happen to real output in Calderra in the short run? Explain.
    (f) Based on your answer in part (e), will the price level in Calderra increase, decrease, or remain the same in the short run?

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The price of gasoline rises 10% and the quantity demanded falls 5%. What happens to total revenue?

Not quite. The answer is B.

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Write your FRQ answer and get it scored point by point against the AP rubric, with the line from your answer that earned or missed each point.

Question 13 / 4 pts
Part a1 / 1 pts
Point 1: Earned
Grader confidence 94% sure

Reason: Correctly identifies demand for gasoline as inelastic.

Evidence: "The price of gasoline rises and the quantity falls only a little."

Part b2 / 3 pts
Point 1: Earned
Grader confidence 91% sure

Reason: Graph shows relatively inelastic demand.

Evidence: Draws a steep demand curve.

Point 2: Earned
Grader confidence 88% sure

Reason: Correct new equilibrium price.

Evidence: Shifts supply left, P1 → P2.

Point 3: Not earned
Grader confidence 82% sure

Reason: With inelastic demand, a price increase raises total revenue.

Evidence: "Revenue goes down."

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