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Old 07-07-2009, 06:41 AM
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"It agreed to pay 17 percent interest on $175 million in debt in late June that was secured by $583 million worth of spare parts."



This shows the difference in value between the "official" interest rate and the actual price of capital in the real world. The cost of intervention we are all paying for right now.

It is similar to a third world country that has an official exchange rate and a black market rate that has a wide spread. Intervention at work.
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