borrowing

Example Sentences

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It’s like a saver borrowing at 5% to fund a 3% certificate of deposit–the numbers don’t work.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The growth of private credit reflects a shift away from traditional credit, the analysts write, adding that “the total stock of riskier corporate borrowing has not expanded to levels that would suggest broad-based systemic vulnerability.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It would be funded by using a mixture of conventional capital, borrowing, and use of the mutual investment model.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

They can then under certain conditions adjust the value of those loans, which cuts off further borrowing or can force the fund to put up more cash or additional collateral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

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

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis