Fixed mortgages, with interest rates at 6 , were replaced with variable rate mortgages, whose interest payments were tied to the lower short term T bill rates.

A normal US economy has a short term nominal interest rate of 4 .

But what use is high finance?

Banks known to be healthy can borrow at much less than 5.25 .

In other words, France uses African reserves to finance part of its budget deficit at a concessional interest rate.

Currently, the Territory's currency is the Comptoirs Français du Pacifique franc (CFP), which has an exchange rate fixed to the euro.22 According to President Thémereau, a consensus among the Territory's major political forces is a prerequisite for any decision with regard to the introduction of the euro.

A simple structure would be to make all debt payable over 40 years, carrying an interest rate of 2 .

Zambia recently issued a 750 million inaugural ten year bond at an annual interest rate of 5.375 .

And the Fund has assisted low income countries with large loans at unprecedented zero interest rates.

To buy half of the Piraeus harbor at a knockdown price may seem more advantageous than investing in the long term consolidation of the Greek economy and its finances, but is that really the case?

Heavily indebted eurozone members can apply to borrow from them at less than the commercial rate, conditional on their committing to ever more drastic fiscal austerity.

At the moment, the United States Treasury can borrow at a real interest rate of zero for five years and shove the entire five year inflation risk onto the lender.

If I borrow euros at 4 for ten years, I know that I will have to pay back 4 of the principal owed as interest in euros every year, but I don t know what this amounts to.

It would finance the purchases by issuing European Treasury bills joint and several obligations of the member countries and pass on the benefit of cheap financing to the countries concerned.

Within a framework of solidarity and cooperation, through the PetroCaribe initiative, up to 40 per cent of the cost of oil for a group of 14 Caribbean countries will be financed over a period of 25 years at a maximum of 2 per cent interest.

Particularly damaging is the 17.7 billion in foreign exchange reserves that France keeps in a special Treasury account at an interest rate of only 1.5 , thereby guaranteeing the convertibility of the CFA franc, which it underwrites.

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And lowering the rates that government pays has not translated into correspondingly lower interest rates for the many small firms struggling for financing.

Indeed, Italy boasted the lowest deficit to GDP ratio in the eurozone, and the Italian government had no problem refinancing at attractive interest rates.

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This is not simply about the price of risk, which is easily reversible.

Prepayments involve paying off at par the outstanding stock of debt.

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The third term 1.5 is a constant.

Their bonds sell at a discount relative to those of better managed individual states.

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For example, wheat is sold for forty percent below cost.

This logic would be correct if the world were operating under a fixed exchange rate regime, with governments tying official exchange rates to another country s currency or the price of gold. Under these conditions, monetary contraction (or slowing expansion) would have a recessionary (or a less stimulative) impact on other economies.

As further clarification on the access to credit, it should be explained that some women, for lack of documentation, were not eligible for bank loans and instead received Government allocated funds at a low 5 per cent interest rate.