21.   Higher rates raise the cost of borrowing for companies and consumers alike, and tend to dampen profit growth.

22.   Higher rates raise the cost of borrowing for companies and consumers, which tends to slow the economy.

23.   Higher rates raise the cost of borrowing money and tend to make stocks relatively less attractive than fixed-income investments.

24.   Higher rates raise the cost of borrowing money to hold gold and boost returns of interest-paying assets.

25.   Higher rates raise the cost of doing business and they drain money from the stock market because other investments, such as certificates of deposit, become more attractive.

26.   Higher rates raise the cost of doing business, which eventually hurts company profits.

27.   Higher rates raise the returns on U.S. deposits, and often lure international investors to dollars.

28.   Higher rates would raise borrowing costs and trim profit growth.

29.   Higher rates would raise corporate borrowing costs and increase the attractiveness of fixed-income investments like bonds.

30.   Higher U.S. rates raise borrowing costs in the territory, whose currency is pegged to the dollar.