51. Higher rates raise borrwoing costs, crimp profits and slow economic growth. 52. Higher rates raise corporate borrowing costs and can eat into company profits. 53. Higher rates raise the cost of borrowing for companies and consumers alike and tend to dampen profit growth. 54. Higher rates raise the cost of borrowing for companies and consumers, and tend to undermine bank profits. 55. Higher rates raise the cost of borrowing money and tend to make stocks relatively less attractive than bonds. 56. Higher rates raise the cost of borrowing, and slow economic growth. 57. Higher rates raise the cost of doing business for banks. 58. Higher rates raise the cost of financing business, and also cut into the corporate and consumer spending that drives company profits. 59. Higher rates raise the cost of running businesses and make bonds more attractive than stocks. 60. Higher rates raise the cost the borrowing for businesses and consumers, slowing economic activity. |