31.   Higher rates can also hurt company profits by driving up borrowing costs.

32.   Higher rates can hurt stock prices because they require companies to pay more for expansion, cutting into profits.

33.   Higher rates have also hurt the prices of insurance companies in which Conseco is the largest shareholder and which it has talked about selling.

34.   Higher rates hurt banks because they have to pay more interest on new loans, while corporate profits are crimped by higher borrowing costs.

35.   Higher rates hurt companies, which pay more for expansion, cutting into profit.

36.   Higher rates hurt steelmakers and other capital intensive companies by raising borrowing costs.

37.   Higher rates hurt stocks across the board because they raise the cost of borrowing for companies, eroding corporate profit.

38.   Higher rates hurt stocks across the board because they raise the cost of borrowing for companies, eroding corporate profits.

39.   Higher rates hurt stocks by drawing money into fixed-rate investments such as bonds and certificates of deposit.

40.   Higher rates hurt Venezuelan corporate earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.