The demand curve includes consumer borrowers (credit cards, auto loans, home mortgages, installment credit, etc.), businesses of all kinds (corporate borrowing, farm credit, trade credit, etc.) and government uses of credit for all purposes (Evans, 1999, p. 2). Banking can create loanable funds only if its receipts are in excess of its expenditures on good and services. The supply of loanable funds in a region or a nation is dependent on the money supply within its boundaries (Moore, & Hill, 2001, p. 500). Loanable funds come from other areas besides the local economy which may be available to households or firms in the area. Individuals can borrow from insurance