lending

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It considers direct subsidies, tax breaks and favourable loans from banks and public financial institutions -- at times below their base lending rates -- to be public support.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

What Bagehot actually said was that a central bank must face down a panic by lending freely at a high rate of interest to solvent banks against good collateral.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Wygodny has written original music to subtly accompany Booth’s fable, lending the emotional subtext at points a penumbra of cello.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital, with $210 billion in lending authority, is vetting companies like Performance Drone Works and Neros Technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Eisman and his partners focused concretely on the people doing the borrowing and the lending.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis