The production possibilities frontier has a tendency to bow outward from the origin

All normal supply curves slope from the_____________________of the graph to the__________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

In 2007 the real interest rate in the United States was 2 percent. By 2013, the equilibrium real interest in the United States was ________ because the ________

A) 0.5 percent; United States experienced a deep recession as a result of a financial crisis in 2008-2009 B) 0.5 percent; United States began to recover from the deep recession and financial crisis of 2008-2009 C) 3.5 percent; United States began to recover from the deep recession and financial crisis of 2008-2009 D) 3.5 percent; United States experienced a deep recession as a result of a financial crisis in 2008-2009 E) not yet calculated; effects of the financial crisis of 2008-2009 have not yet been tallied The figure above shows the demand for loanable funds curve.