The small size of the economy means a modest inflow of cash could destabilize the kyat and pose a challenge for the central bank to respond.

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In response, he now asks some customers to pay upon delivery, using PayPal Here on his smartphone, which gives him an inflow of cash "in fractions of a second, " he says.

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It leaves mostly the hope that somehow or other the inflow of cash and artificial stimulus last year jump-started confidence enough to feed a continuation of the recovery on its own, and that this is only a minimum pause to collect itself.

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For some borrowers, such as individuals with large deferred compensation arrangements or who are expecting a large inflow of cash in the near future (access to trust funds becomes available, a legal settlement has been resolved and payout is imminent, etc.) this arrangement allows them to access their full borrowing potential without committing to immediate payment.

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To generate one final burst of cash inflow before they filed for bankruptcy, the parent company selling its brand name to the local merchant ran a Groupon without ever telling the franchisees.

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More aggressive CEOs try to spend their way out of the problem with the conviction that cash inflow will increase.

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Emerging market funds and global equity funds also posted weekly inflow records as investors continued the rotation out of bonds and cash and towards equities, a trend that started in earnest in December.

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Suppose that only 40% of that 8.4 billion is net cash inflow.

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