Three students have each saved $1,000. Each has an investment opportunity in which he or she can invest up to $2,000. Here are the rates of return on the students’ investment projects: Student Return (Percent) Carlos 4 Felix 7 Janet 15 Assume borrowing and lending is prohibited, so each student uses only personal saving to finance his or her own investment project. Complete the following table with how much each student will have a year later when the project pays its return. Student Money a Year Later (Dollars) Carlos Felix Janet Now suppose their school opens up a market for loanable funds in which students can borrow and lend among themselves at an interest rate rr. A student would choose to be a lender in this market if his or her expected rate of return is than rr. Suppose the interest rate is 6 percent. Among these three students, the quantity of loanable funds supplied would be , and quantity demanded would be . Now suppose the interest rate is 12 percent. Among these three students, the quantity of loanable funds supplied would be , and quantity demanded would be . At an interest rate of , the loanable funds market among these three students would be in equilibrium. At this interest rate, would want to borrow, and would want to lend. Suppose the interest rate is at the equilibrium rate. Complete the following table with how much each student will have a year later after the investment projects pay their return and loans have been repaid. Student Money a Year Later (Dollars) Carlos Felix Janet True or False: Only lenders are made better off, and borrowers are made worse off. True False

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Three students have each saved $1,000. Each has an investment opportunity in which he or she can invest up to $2,000. Here are the rates of return on the students’ investment projects:

Student	Return
(Percent)
Carlos	4
Felix	7
Janet	15

Assume borrowing and lending is prohibited, so each student uses only personal saving to finance his or her own investment project.

Complete the following table with how much each student will have a year later when the project pays its return.

Student	Money a Year Later
(Dollars)
Carlos
Felix
Janet

Now suppose their school opens up a market for loanable funds in which students can borrow and lend among themselves at an interest rate rr.

A student would choose to be a lender in this market if his or her expected rate of return is than rr.

Suppose the interest rate is 6 percent.

Among these three students, the quantity of loanable funds supplied would be

, and quantity demanded would be

Now suppose the interest rate is 12 percent.

Among these three students, the quantity of loanable funds supplied would be

, and quantity demanded would be

At an interest rate of

, the loanable funds market among these three students would be in equilibrium. At this interest rate, would want to borrow, and would want to lend.

Suppose the interest rate is at the equilibrium rate.

Complete the following table with how much each student will have a year later after the investment projects pay their return and loans have been repaid.

Student	Money a Year Later
(Dollars)
Carlos
Felix
Janet

True or False: Only lenders are made better off, and borrowers are made worse off.

True

False

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