Which of the following statements about the real loanable funds market is not true?
a. Movements in the real risk-free interest rate cause significant changes in borrowers' willingness and ability to tap the domestic credit market if the demand is highly elastic.
b. The more elastic a nation's supply of real loanable funds, the less sensitive domestic savers, banks, foreigners, and governments are to changes in the real risk-free interest rate.
c. Monetary policy is usually stronger in nations with elastic real loanable funds demands.
d. Fiscal policy is usually weaker in nations with elastic loanable funds demands.
e. All of the above are true.
.B
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A) between 5 and 10 units per hour. B) between 10 and 20 units per hour. C) between 20 and 25 units per hour. D) along the entire curve.
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