51.   Denver officials considered canceling their record tender offer and related debt refundings because of the surge in borrowing rates in the past week.

52.   Driving sales were relatively low borrowing rates and strong investor demand, which narrowed yield premiums, or spreads, on corporate bonds.

53.   Economists said lower borrowing rates helped both buyers and builders.

54.   Falling yields, which serve as a proxy for borrowing rates, can lift stocks as company earnings benefit from a lower debt cost.

55.   Federal Reserve policy-makers meet Tuesday to consider changing benchmark borrowing rates.

56.   Even so, higher bond yields, and borrowing rates, may slow the pace of growth later this year, say some investors.

57.   Few companies looked to sell new debt today with borrowing rates climbing.

58.   Financial company stocks fell after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan hinted that the central bank might not need to cut borrowing rates soon.

59.   Falling interest rates cut borrowing rates, fueling consumer spending and corporate growth.

60.   Fluctuations in gold borrowing rates are watched as a gauge of supply and demand for the metal.