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Keynes liquidity preference theory of the interest rate suggests that the interest rate is determined by ?

Correct answer: C. the supply and demand for money

  • A. aggregate supply and aggregate demand
  • B. the supply and demand for loanable funds
  • C. the supply and demand for money
  • D. the supply and demand for labor

Explanation

Keynes’s liquidity-preference theory explains the interest rate through equilibrium between the demand for money and the money supply. Loanable-funds theory is a different approach.

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