Council taxpayers were funding the annual interest bill on the overspend, Liberal Democrat councillors said.
Instead of charging us the whole mortgage interest bill, the U.S. government runs a perpetual sale.
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High interest rates not only add to the government's interest bill and budget deficit.
Without assets to generate the cash that Seiyu needs to cover its interest bill, the firm could collapse.
At the federal level, four-fifths of spending goes on wages, pensions, the government's rising interest bill and transfers (some constitutionally mandated) to the provinces.
They argue that if Congress passes a carried interest bill, start-up money will either diminish or venture firms will shift their investments from start-ups to later-stage companies in order to minimize risk.
Yet interest in the bill waned almost as soon as the Closing Ceremonies were over.
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Zivney and Marcus examined what happened to T-bill interest rates as a result of this small, temporary default.
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That is, in part, due to the vested interest former President Bill Clinton has in such an idea.
As best as they can tell, T-bill interest rates increased about 60 basis points after the first default and remained elevated for at least several months thereafter.
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Hence the interest in a bill sponsored by Richard Baker, a Republican congressman from Baton Rouge, who wants Congress to create a recovery corporation that would buy out the owners of ruined homes.
Indeed, using more sophisticated means, including comparing T-bill rates to interest on commercial paper, the authors conclude that default led to a persistent increase in T-bill rates and, therefore, higher borrowing costs for the federal government.
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And why, for that matter, should liberal interest groups support a bill that might seem punitive?
The club paid the bill plus interest so the case would be heard.
The interest component of that bill is approaching 30%.
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Gillibrand said her bill would lower interest rates for nearly nine in 10 federal student loans nationwide.
Indeed, CLASS was critical in helping Democrats gain the support of a broad range of interest groups for the broader bill.
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In exchange for this the US government receives a lower Debt-to-GDP ratio, which affords it the option of reducing its Treasury Bill exposure should interest rates rise.
Those pesky greenhouse gas emissions that we spew to power our businesses, drive our cars and heat and cool our homes are accumulating in the atmosphere like an unpaid bill with compounding interest.
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If a Republican member of Congress is not punished on Fox News or by Rush Limbaugh for working with a Democrat on a bill of common interest, then you'll see more of them doing it.
Some private equity firms have been accused in the past of taking a gamble with the companies they buy up, by loading them up with debt - something that allows them to reduce the amount of cash they need to invest themselves, and which allows them to deduct the interest payments from their tax bill.
Ms. GOLDENBERG: Well, I would say, of course, Bill Clinton is of interest.
You can send payment with that form or the IRS will later send you a bill together with any interest and applicable penalties.
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Students with federal loans breathed a collective sigh of relief Friday afternoon when Congress approved a bill that will keep interest rates low for another year.
The New York Democrat announced Sunday the Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act, a bill that would lower interest rates for many student borrowers currently repaying their federal student loans.
France-born Laplance founded Lending Club in 2007 after he became irked by the massive disparity between the 18% interest rate on his credit card bill, and the 1% savings rate at his bank.
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And the cost to the supplier of immediate cash payment by the bank, in respect of the implicit interest rate or discount on the bill, ought to be tiny - because the bank is in effect lending to the safe big company, which ultimately honours the bill, not to the riskier supplier.
The geoengineering concept has also attracted significant interest from venture capitalists and investors like Bill Gates.
So the government ends up paying most of the bill for any rise in interest rates.
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