外贸英语口语学习教程第49期:外商投资(2)

Raise the capital 筹措资金
A: Where on earth are we going to borrow at 3%?
B: We can borrow from a bank. The gross interest rate will be something like 7%. With corporate tax at, say, 30%, we are only paying on 50% of this. There is still inflation to consider.
A: You can knock off another 2% for that.
B: We can borrow as much as we can?
A: Not quite. If we get too heavily in debt, the shares will tend to drop.
B: How much loan capital can we safely raise then?
A: I would like to have notice of that question. I will give you an answer in a week.