61.   Lower rates also can boost economic growth and the size of dividends paid to shareholders.

62.   Normally, lower rates reduce borrowing costs, boost earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders, making equities more attractive that fixed-income investments.

63.   Rising inflation will weaken the peso and may force interest rates higher, which will raise borrowing costs and cut earnings and the size of dividends paid to shareholders.

64.   Rising interest rates can hurt company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders, making them less attractive than bonds and other fixed-income investments.

65.   Rising borrowing costs can hurt company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders, making fixed-income securities more attractive than equities to many investors.

66.   Rising borrowing costs also hurt company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.

67.   Rising borrowing costs hurt company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.

68.   That can trim company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.

69.   The report led to hopes that borrowing costs would fall, boosting company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders.

70.   The steep decline in borrowing costs could boost economic growth, company earnings and the size of dividends paid shareholders more rapidly than previously thought, analysts said.