11.   An increase in rates raises borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, causing them to defer spending and slowing growth and inflation.

12.   American homebuilders and other lumber users criticized the antidumping duty, saying it raised the cost of material at a time of weakening demand.

13.   Amtrak say these rules raise costs and prevent the railroad from running like a business.

14.   And both Milosevic and Tudjman are wooed diplomatically lest they pull the rug out from under the peace process or raise its cost unacceptably.

15.   And a new procedure can often be used by a larger pool of patients than before, raising overall costs.

16.   An exodus of healthy people to MSAs would drain money from the traditional insurance pool, raising the cost of coverage, critics say.

17.   And Asian suppliers who buy their raw materials outside their country are being hammered by the currency ills, raising their costs.

18.   And higher milk prices would raise the cost or reduce the benefits of federal nutrition programs.

19.   And that points to the Fed raising borrowing costs.