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Date Posted: 10:29:59 02/06/07 Tue
Author: Anthony
Author Host/IP: webcacheh11a.cache.pol.co.uk / 195.92.67.75
Subject: Re: Why did the British Empire break up?
In reply to: RMW Stanford 's message, "Re: Why did the British Empire break up?" on 16:19:28 02/04/07 Sun

>>
>>Not forgetting compound interest
>
>Compound interest doesn't make a bit of difference,
>the real rate of interest was negative for the vast
>majority of the life loan, almost of every year. So in
>real terms what the UK paid back to the United States
>was less than the value of the loan. Why do you think
>that banks hate high inflation? Like I said if Uncle
>Sam was that greedy don't you think we would have
>chosen an interest rate that insured we made money?

you mean to tell me America didint really make any money , because of high inflation in the post war years that reduced the amount owed? high inflation means higher prices the pound going down means more dollars.

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