51.   Lower rates often translate to lower borrowing costs and can spur consumer spending.

52.   Lower rates would spur the U.S. economy by easing corporate and consumer borrowing costs, stimulating corporate earnings in the process.

53.   Mexican interest rates often rise in tandem with U.S. borrowing costs to dissuade investors from sending their cash north of the Rio Grande.

54.   Mexican interest rates often rise in tandem with U.S. borrowing costs in order to prevent investors from sending their cash north of the Rio Grande.

55.   Now, many analysts say the Fed needs to boost bank borrowing costs to contain inflation.

56.   Now there is no question that federal debt increases borrowing costs for others.

57.   Q. The Fed, and now the Treasury, are trying to stimulate the economy by driving down borrowing costs.

58.   Rising interest rates can hurt shares because they increase borrowing costs and crimp corporate profits.

59.   Sales of new investment-grade bonds have slowed since mid-February, when a rise in benchmark government bond yields sent borrowing costs about a percentage point higher.

60.   Smaller deficits lower borrowing costs by reducing the supply of government debt, and can lead to higher profit margins, boosting share prices.