Soft Loan
Loan with favorable terms: low/no interest, long repayment period, flexible conditions.
Real World
The UK government's Start Up Loans scheme offers new entrepreneurs loans at a fixed 6% interest rate with mentoring support — considerably cheaper than commercial bank rates.
Exam Focus
Soft loans are often government-backed — state this explicitly and link to market failure or social objectives for analysis marks.
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