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LGFA says borrowing offshore is too expensive

LGFA recently established an offshore borrowing facility in case of emergency.

Jenny Ruth
Fri, 08 Dec 2017

The Local Government Funding Agency says it isn’t borrowing offshore because it’s too expensive.

Nevertheless, it recently established a medium-term note programme in Australia as a form of insurance.

“We’ve looked at foreign currency borrowing but when we look at the cost of issuing offshore

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Jenny Ruth
Fri, 08 Dec 2017
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