Consider the credit card market as Figure 4.8 illustrates. In this financial market, the vertical axis shows the

interest rate (which is the price in the financial market). Demanders in the credit card market are households

and businesses. Suppliers are the companies that issue credit cards. This figure does not use specific

numbers, which would be hypothetical in any case, but instead focuses on the underlying economic
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