okay..let me try to consolidate this. So the crowding IN effect, which is the exact opposite would mean that the recent budget's unexpected rise in surplus due to surging commodity prices, will cancel out the need for govt to borrow $ to fund expenditure, therefore, NOT affecting the interest rates whcih "crowds in" private companies and individuals from the lending market. This will probably help finance our CAD right?? So in this sense, crowding in must be a GOOD effect. Am i right?Sarah168 said:do u mean the crowding out effect?
Basically, governments borrow money (by issuing bonds) to fund additional spending. The problem occurs when government debt 'crowds out' private companies and individuals from the lending market.
Increased government borrowing tends to increase market interest rates. The problem is that the government can always pay the market interest rate, but there comes a point when corporations and individuals can no longer afford to borrow.
Essentially, crowding out the the economic ideology that the private sector is more efficient than the public sector. it goes.. that if there is a large public sector borrowing requirement, there will be a reduction in the available funds for the private sector- this is because to finance debt of the public sector, interest rates will be raised(through monetary policy) ensuring that the private sector is 'crowded out'.nosadness said:dun understand? anyone care to further elaborate on crowding in or out...
wat topic is it in? never heard of it.