borrowing

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Still, unlike Iran, Qatar and Kuwait sit on sovereign-wealth funds worth several years of their GDPs, and can afford to ride out the crisis just by borrowing against their holdings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

So too did borrowing costs, petrol prices, and mortgage rates.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Money markets are reacting to hopes of a long-term truce in the war so the recent rapid rise in borrowing costs has halted and is now starting to reverse.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The aim would be to bolster a stagnant labor market and drum up demand in key areas of the economy such as housing that have suffered from high borrowing costs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

“They’ll say they’re buying them. But they’ll be borrowing dresses, mark my words,” Lillian insisted.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy