borrowing

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

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Waller is an influential voice at the Fed who voted repeatedly last year to cut interest rates at a time when many of his colleagues were reluctant to reduce borrowing costs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 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

European central bankers reaffirmed their willingness to raise borrowing costs if they see second-round effects or signs that higher energy bills are prompting higher wage demands and lifting prices of goods and services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Nately gave them ninety dollars with a gallant flourish, after borrowing twenty dollars from Yossarian, thirty-five dollars from Dunbar and seventeen dollars from Hungry Joe.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller