CO129-539-12 Loans for public works- military finances 26-2-1932 - 7-3-1933 — Page 78

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overdrafts, until the o verdraft has

reached some three or four million

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dollars, would be cheaper than to finance

the works immediately from long money.

It often happens that short borrowing

is at any particular moment cheaper

than long. This, however, does not

make it sound or prudent to finance

permanent works from short money, so

incurring an indefinite liability which

may turn out particularly expensive

in the end.

4. Apart from this, the particular

method proposed to be adopted looks

somewhat complicated.

The Government

will apparently borrow from the Bank,

paying interest on the balance between

the overdraft and deposit. Later, the

Government will fund the overdraft and

presumably repay part of the funded

loan

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