Increase of Lending Rates by World Bank ( Letter of Instructions No. 430 )

July 17, 1976

July 17, 1976

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 430

TO : The Monetary Board
    NEDA
    Budget Commission
    Department of Finance 

In view of the recent increase of lending rates by the World Bank, I hereby direct a study of the following: acd

1) Effects on the current cost of money; cd i

2) Alternative sources of low funds, and whether or not the Government should avail of these sources instead of the World Bank; cd

3) The effect on the government's capability to service foreign obligations.

Manila, July 17, 1976. casia