borrowing

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So too did borrowing costs, petrol prices, and mortgage rates.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Huw Pill said there are risks in waiting too long to raise borrowing costs because the ultimate impact on inflation might not be evident soon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He had stressed the need to lower borrowing costs to aid a deteriorating jobs market.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Money markets are reacting to hopes of a long-term truce in the war so the recent rapid rise in borrowing costs has halted and is now starting to reverse.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The relative importance of local invention and of borrowing depends mainly on two factors: the ease of invention of the particular technology, and the proximity of the particular society to other societies.

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