borrowing

Example Sentences

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Shorting a stock entails borrowing someone else’s shares, selling them, and then ultimately buying them back and returning them.

From Barron's

Although the Fed controls short-term interest rates, borrowing costs in the U.S. are heavily influenced by yields on longer-term U.S. government bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal

This borrowing is entirely tax-free and comes at good rates.

From Salon

Corporate credit spreads, which track the excess yields companies need to pay beyond risk-free Treasury bonds to access borrowing markets, are trading near the lowest levels on record.

From Barron's

In other words, domestic demand was strong, even as borrowing costs stayed high and hiring slowed.

From Barron's