credit
Example Sentences
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“Not everyone providing credit is necessarily good at it,” Dimon said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
We currently have a home equity line of credit in the amount of $30,000 and a car loan of $15,000.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
He also argued that the push from private credit funds to sell investments to retail clients required “greater transparency” and “higher standards” than was currently the case.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
With a 10-year HELOC, you are also facing current borrowing costs of roughly 8%, but they vary anywhere between 4.7% to 11.7% depending on the size of the loan and/or the borrower’s credit score.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
In 1998, AIG FP entered the new market for corporate credit default swaps: It sold insurance to banks against the risk of defaults by huge numbers of investment-grade public corporations.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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