borrowing

Example Sentences

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While a strong jobs market is usually good news for the economy, it means the Federal Reserve is less likely to cut borrowing costs anytime soon.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Improving their credit score is one of the few levers consumers have to lower their borrowing costs, especially as prices for cars and homes remain high.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Before the war, investors had expected the ECB to leave borrowing costs unchanged this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

That creates a divided economy: Consumers struggle with higher prices and borrowing costs, but AI-related investment supports markets, infrastructure spending and business optimism.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Such complex inventions were usually acquired by borrowing, because they spread more rapidly than they could be independently invented locally.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond