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Macro Chapter 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| loanable funds market | the market where savers supply funds for loans to borrowers |
| interest rate | a price of loanable funds, quoted as a percentage of the original loan amount; the price a borrower pays to a lender to use the lender's money |
| real interest rate | the interest rate that is corrected for inflation |
| nominal interest rate | the interest rate before it is corrected for inflation |
| Fisher equation | equation stating that the real interest rate equals the nominal interest rate minus the inflation rate |
| time preferences | the fact that people prefer to receive goods and services sooner rather than later |
| consumption smoothing | behavior occurring when people borrow and save to smooth consumption |
| dissaving | withdrawing funds from previously accumulated savings |
| savings rate | personal saving as a portion of disposable (after-tax) income |
| investor confidence | a measure of what firms expect for future economic activity |