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$5.5bn licence to rent Fed guarantee

Banks and other lenders have so far paid around $1.1 billion for the use of the Australian government guarantee over wholesale liabilities and will pay around $5.5 billion over its full life, the Treasurer Wayne Swan said yesterday.

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