borrowing
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By raising borrowing costs, they slow the economy and ease demand for goods, services and labor.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Spreads are holding up, but overall funding costs are set to rise, potentially encouraging stronger issuers to accelerate borrowing ahead of further possible Fed increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
U.K. policymakers keep borrowing costs unchanged, putting them at odds with the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Households feel the impact of a rising Bank rate through higher borrowing costs, but can benefit from more generous savings rates.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“I’m not much for borrowing money,” I said.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Remarkably, these offers continue to exist even while interest rates rise across the rest of the economy on both borrowings and savings.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
If that happens, he said, it could raise bills for electric customers since the utility may have to pay a higher interest rate for new borrowings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Borrowing has already changed the dynamics of the company’s balance sheet in the AI era: Meta had minimal debt until 2022, but its long-term borrowings reached $83.7 billion at the end of the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But each of the funds said they had ample liquidity to handle the payouts, with cash coming from loan repayments, fund borrowings, and new investment inflows.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
They took turns reciting Homeric genealogies, full of falsifications and borrowings from real life, and sometimes they fought over this or that favorite real uncle or aunt, and had to bargain like casting directors.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
