31.   Low labor costs make their weapons cheaper than those of Western counterparts.

32.   Lower borrowing costs make it cheaper for companies to finance their businesses and boost the size of earnings and dividends paid shareholders.

33.   Lower borrowing costs make it easier for companies to finance their businesses.

34.   Lower development costs may make the project more attractive to potential partners.

35.   Lower feed costs made it more profitable for farmers to raise hogs to market weight, leading them to increase their herds.

36.   Lower borrowing costs also make it less costly for companies to finance their businesses and can boost the size of dividends paid to shareholders.

37.   Lower borrowing costs make it less costly for companies to finance their businesses and can boost the size of dividends paid to investors.

38.   Lower borrowing costs make stocks more attractive than bonds to many investors and can boost earnings.

39.   Meanwhile, lower borrowing costs are making it easier for builders to arrange financing, while sliding mortgage rates have made it easier for families to buy homes.

40.   Ranchers sold many of their animals last year because soaring grain costs made it too expensive to feed them.