1.   An increase in interest rates could narrow the spread between what banks pay for money and what they charge borrowers for loans.

2.   An increase in interest rates could narrow the spread between the rate at which they lend money and what they pay for it.

3.   An increase in Japanese rates would narrow the spread between Australian and Japanese rates, and make some yen-denominated assets more attractive.

4.   Banks also slumped on concern a raise in interest rates could narrow the spread between the rate at which they lend money and what they pay for it.

5.   A rise in a key overnight lending rate weighed on bonds by narrowing the spread investors can earn by borrowing in the money market to invest in bonds.

6.   A rate hike could hurt banks by narrowing the spread between the amount they pay to borrow money and the rate at which they lend.

7.   Canadian bonds, which have narrowed the spread in yields with U.S. bonds, rose for the past week in anticipation of a Liberal majority.

8.   Companies want their stock to trade at as narrow a spread as possible because it encourages investment in their shares.

9.   Decimals seek to narrow trading spreads between buying and selling prices.

10.   Earnings at banks could be hurt by rising interest rates because it narrows the spread between interest paid to depositors and income earned from outstanding loans.