borrowing
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It raises some reasonable questions therefore about how to balance reining in borrowing with protecting mildly better confidence?
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The eurozone economy has also proved resilient, growing faster than expected in the second quarter, leaving policymakers with some room to lift borrowing costs without inflicting major damage.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
“It is either she’s borrowing or I’m trying to figure out how I can get gas in my tank.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The city was facing an estimated $255 million deficit, and some argued it was relying too heavily on emergency borrowing and one-time money such as pandemic-relief funds and land sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Olka had explained she was not stealing, merely borrowing the book to pass the time as she cleaned.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
His latest idea is to use some of the Treasury’s cash on hand to reduce borrowings.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
If that happens, he said, it could raise bills for electric customers since the utility may have to pay a higher interest rate for new borrowings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
But each of the funds said they had ample liquidity to handle the payouts, with cash coming from loan repayments, fund borrowings, and new investment inflows.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Another: a record public stock offering by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, just one in a series of mega IPOs, borrowings and share sales that could test investors’ appetite for AI and other bets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
They took turns reciting Homeric genealogies, full of falsifications and borrowings from real life, and sometimes they fought over this or that favorite real uncle or aunt, and had to bargain like casting directors.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
