borrowing

Example Sentences

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Treasury yields climb to absorb new federal borrowing, and those higher rates flow through to mortgages, business loans, auto loans and credit-card balances.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Ten-year U.K. borrowing costs also jumped to their highest since 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Anna Macdonald, investment strategy director at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the bond market had been "frazzled" by concerns a different prime minister might take a different view on borrowing, "relaxing fiscal rules or extending them".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

That can push up borrowing costs, increase borrower defaults and pinch corporate profits.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

“Oh! So you’re borrowing money. Another poor practice to teach your son.”

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins