Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Interest represents a cost to the borrower, but an income to the lender.
2. The demand curve for loanable funds illustrates the behavior of lenders or savers.
3. The quantity of loanable funds supplied is inversely related to the interest rate.
4. A decrease in the supply of loanable funds would tend to lower the interest rate.
5. If people became thriftier and saved more, the loanable funds theory predicts that the equilibrium interest rate would decrease.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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A. C

B. c+f.

C. h

D. c+d+e+f.

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