1. AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AND INFLATION: AN EXAMINATION OF ALTERNATIVE METHODS WITH REFERENCE TO BRITISH EXPERIENCE
- Author
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G. P. Hill and J. A. Seagraves
- Subjects
Inflation ,Finance ,Economics and Econometrics ,Overdraft ,business.industry ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Nominal interest rate ,Balance (accounting) ,Term loan ,Agriculture ,Debt ,Economics ,Cash flow ,business ,media_common - Abstract
Increased inflation has the effect of increasing nominal interest rates which in turn cause problems in servicing debts in the form of conventional loans. Price-level-adjusted mortgages (PLAMs) have been recommended as a means of avoiding debt servicing difficulties associated with inflation. Bank overdrafts can act as effective substitutes for PLAMs and have some tax advantages. Leasing also provides an alternative way of avoiding cash flow problems associated with conventional term loans. Experience in the 1970s demonstrated that the provision of external finance to agriculture was maintained during a period of inflation although the balance of borrowing shifted from term loans to overdrafts.
- Published
- 1986