61.   Federal Reserve policy-makers are meeting in Washington today to decide on benchmark borrowing rates.

62.   For companies, that means higher borrowing rates.

63.   For Israel Electric, that jump meant higher borrowing rates.

64.   For now, national economies are growing just slowly enough for the Federal Reserve and other central banks to lower bank borrowing rates, say some investors.

65.   For the moment, though, investors are counting on the Fed to leave interest rates alone, allowing borrowing rates to stay at current lows.

66.   Gold prices dropped for the fifth time in six days as falling borrowing rates show adequate supply, and encourage new sales by producers.

67.   Gold prices dropped for the fifth time in six days as falling borrowing rates show adequate supply and could lead to new sales by producers.

68.   Government bonds act as a proxy for corporate borrowing rates, which make it more expensive to run a business as they rise.

69.   Higher bond yields, and borrowing rates, helped slow the economy earlier this year and lower yields now may revive growth.

70.   Higher borrowing rates spell bad news for companies looking to issue debt.