This is the best time in history for starting and running a small business, as governments and private lenders are letting people borrow money for the most
part at the best interest rates anyone has ever seen.
Not exact matches
In
part this increase was due to an increase in the cash
rate in light of inflationary pressures building on the back of the boom in the resource sector, as
well as reflecting the increasing return to capital in Australia
at that time; thereafter,
interest rates declined sharply in response to the global financial crisis.
This was great while
interest rates were
at 5 %, however, in the latter
part of the decade,
interest rates dropped and thus the return for the amount of headache and risk simply made this not a very
good use of time.
Includes news of some unfriendly changes to the Hilton Honors program and to the IHG
best rate guarantee, details of some amazing Business Class fares between Europe and Australia as
well as some great SkyTeam fares to China and other
parts of Asia, the latest «buy miles» promotions from American and United, a look
at my «
interesting» experiences with Uber in Los Angeles and a lot more.
Looking ahead to the healthy markets projected for 2001, it won't hurt that
interest rates, after heading up for a
good part of 2000 in response to tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve, could stabilize
at an attractive 8 percent.