81.   Higher rates increase corporate borrowing costs and stunt consumer spending, meaning lower profits for companies and banks.

82.   Higher rates increase the cost of the funds they use to invest and make loans, which erodes profit margins.

83.   Higher U.K. rates increase the attractiveness of deposits and bonds denominated in the pound.

84.   Higher U.S. rates increase the allure of dollar deposits and bonds.

85.   His comments damped expectations of further Fed rate increases -- which tend to boost the dollar by luring investors to U.S. bank deposits.

86.   His comments damped expectations of further Fed rate increases -- which tend to help the dollar by luring investors to U.S. bank deposits.

87.   I favor fixed-rate mortgages, because you can do your financial planning without worrying that higher rates might increase your biggest single expense.

88.   If anything, that rate has increased since then.

89.   If the groups fail to deliver the subscribers in six to eight months, the rates increase.

90.   In fact, the rate has increased slightly in some districts during the last decade.