41.   Bank stocks also dropped amid concern borrowing costs may rise again soon, dampening demand for loans.

42.   Banks suffer more than most companies when borrowing costs rise.

43.   Because domestic fuel prices are fixed by the government, oil companies are reimbursed by the fund when global crude costs rise or the peso depreciates.

44.   Banks are more sensitive to the threat of higher interest rates because their funding costs rise, narrowing profit margins on lending fees.

45.   Because the news these days is full of controversies where the basic problem is that marginal costs do not rise.

46.   Benefit costs are rising.

47.   Because fuel prices are set by the government, oil companies are reimbursed when crude costs rise or the peso weakens against the dollar.

48.   BMW said negotiations with suppliers had left purchasing costs in the first-half unchanged even though wages and raw material costs rose.

49.   Borrowing costs could rise for the government and companies.

50.   Borrowing costs are rising again, and investors said share prices may be in for a bumpy ride as a result.