They probably have been paid about $130 million more in net interest (the difference between what Campeau was charged and the banks' cost of funds).

Budgeted net interest on the public debt was approximately $245 billion in FY2012 (7% of spending).

In other words, the net accrued interest must be added to the quoted price to get the total price.

The net interest being paid by taxpayers in 1999 is $229.4 billion.

It received net interest and dividends in the 1990 fiscal year that accounted for more than 20% of its operating profits.

Spending for net interest on the public debt increased by $4 billion, or 6 percent, in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012.

For the fiscal year ending April 30, 1988, the firm derived about 10 percent of its revenues from net interest and dividend income.

The 5-to-4 decision found there was no taking because individual clients could not earn net interest on such small short-term deposits.

First Boston reported that net interest and dividend income dropped to $5.6 million, from $29.1 million in the period a year earlier.

Clients could rarely, if ever, earn a positive net interest.