71. Higher rates increase borrowing costs and crimp corporate profits. 72. Higher rates increase corporate borrowing costs and cut into profits, potentially hurting stock prices. 73. Higher rates increase the appeal of deposits in yen. 74. Higher rates increase the costs of borrowing money and tend to make less-risky investments, like bank deposits, more attractive than stocks. 75. Higher rates can increase corporate borrowing costs and make new bonds more attractive in relation to stocks. 76. Higher rates increase borrowing costs and can curb consumer spending, cutting into the bottom line. 77. Higher rates increase borrowing costs and erode corporate profits. 78. Higher rates increase borrowing costs for companies and consumers, and can temper economic growth, curb demand for goods and services and crimp profits. 79. Higher rates increase borrowing costs for companies and consumers, and can temper economic growth, curb demand for goods and services, and crimp profits. 80. Higher rates increase borrowing costs for companies, meaning lower profits. |