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Hey, Buddy...Can You Spare a Loan?

BY JIM PICERNO | FEBRUARY 04, 2010 | 7:01 PM | 0 COMMENTS

Yields on short-term government securities vary from just above zero (10 basis points for 3-month T-bills) to around 1% (88 basis points for a 2-year Treasury). Those are extraordinarily low rates by the standards of recent decades. But don't confuse that with borrowing costs, or the demand or ability to borrow.

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