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To: Les H who wrote (58828)	1/17/2001 4:30:20 PM
From: GraceZ	Respond to of 436258

The productivity measures completely miss how much easy or tight credit can impact output per unit labor. I'm continually pointing out to people that zero interest terms simply means that the loan cost is added to the cost of the item up front. I've used these plans before for purchases for my business in situations where a cash purchase doesn't yield a lower price. I think for accounting purposes the two should be separated out. Money always has a cost.....although we've had loose enough money recently that one could argue it had a negative cost.