ECON 222 Lecture 8: Chapter 8 Notes

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Financial markets savers can directly provide funds to borrowers. Financial system group of institutions in the economy. Date of maturity, when the loan can be repaid. Rate of interest, paid periodically until the date of maturity. Moves the economy"s scarce resources from savers to borrowers that match one person"s saving, with another persons investment. Chapter 8: saving, investment, and the financial system: financial institutions, financial markets. Higher interest rates for higher probability of default. U. s. governments tend to pay low interest rates. Stock: claim to partial ownership in a firm a claim to the profits that a firm makes. Long term bonds are risker than short term bonds intrest on most bonds in taxable income municipal bonds. Long term bonds usually pay higher interest rates. Credit risk: probability of default probability that the borrower will fail to pay some of the interest or principle used by large corporations, the federal government, or state and local governments.

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