41.   And the company has also missed dividend payments on preferred shares.

42.   And the lower interest payments on new mortgages left homeowners with more money to spend elsewhere and helped pull the economy out of its downturn earlier this decade.

43.   And should the currency devalue greatly, banks will suffer from higher payments on their dollar loans, analysts said.

44.   And some spending has been avoided, like payments on the new trains.

45.   And the less government borrowed, the less pressure on the budget was exerted by previously swelling interest payments on a ballooning national debt.

46.   And when the flood of extra revenue stops, the annual quarter-trillion-dollar interest payments on the debt will still be there.

47.   And there are mortgage payments on a house in the relatively expensive town of Oceanside.

48.   And your monthly lease expense most likely has been equal to or less than a payment on a car loan.

49.   Apparently, one bureau caught a late payment on a retail credit card nearly three years ago, one did not.

50.   And, if the economy booms, and interest rates jump, people could also be overwhelmed by the payments on their variable-rate cards and mortgages.