Crowding out, where businesses and households are forced out of the market for borrowed funds by federal

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Crowding out, where businesses and households are forced out of the market for borrowed funds by federal government borrowing, occurs because businesses and households are sensitive to interest rate changes while the federal government is not. Why is federal borrowing not sensitive to the interest rate? What would be the effect on federal programs if it were sensitive to the interest rate?

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Economics Theory And Practice

ISBN: 9781118949733

11th Edition

Authors: Patrick J. Welch, Gerry F. Welch

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