How the Canadian government used to borrow from its own central bank
@ 0% Interest!
Posotive Money article. taken from article by Ellen Brown
Written by Ralph (Guest Author) on June 3, 2013. Posted in Bank of England & QE, Financial Crisis, Global Situation, Poverty, Debt and Inequality
This is a brilliant article by Ellen Brown about how the Canadian government used to borrow from its own central bank at a zero rate of interest till 1974, when it was persuaded by the Basel Committee to borrow instead from private banks.
Ellen Brown Article
The Graph shows what happened Canadas National Debt when their Government started borrowing from Private Banks.
“Cutting out interest has been shown to reduce the average cost of public projects by about 40%.”
Game over: we win. Ellen Brown