Recent movements in borrowing rates have been down, not up.

So if the country's borrowing rate rises, it is a big problem.

But the banks have not passed on the lower borrowing rates to their customers.

There is confidence, as well, that Mexican borrowing rates will fall further.

The rate is used as a benchmark for other consumer borrowing rates.

Lower borrowing rates on many consumer loans are expected as a result of the rate reduction.

But the blow, soft as it was, will be felt all through the economy by lifting borrowing rates.

Borrowing rates may be low, but savings rates are lower still.

The government treated the money supply and particularly the public sector borrowing rate as the key phenomena to keep under control.

When bond investors sour on a company's prospects, higher borrowing rates are a result.

Italy had to pay higher borrowing rates in its last bond auction of the year on Wednesday.

"Especially with real estate values going through the roof and borrowing rates low, many residents are adding on to their homes."

By contrast, German long-term borrowing rates, at 7.35 percent, carry a cost over inflation of only 3.7 percentage points.

And with adjustable rate mortgages, the borrowing rate is even lower.

That is less than the overnight borrowing rate among banks, set by the Federal Reserve at 5.5 percent.

That yield squeeze translated in the real economy into lower borrowing rates for businesses and households.

Gold prices dropped yesterday for the fifth time in six days as falling borrowing rates pointed to adequate supply.

This bedrock borrowing rate, termed the Federal funds rate, was at that level most of the day.

Big commercial banks moved quickly today to translate the Federal Reserve's action into higher borrowing rates for consumers.

The bond market pushes up corporate borrowing rates.

A new orgy of speculation, with borrowing rates hitting historic highs.

The amount calculated is then discounted using the lessee's incremental borrowing rate.

Small companies generally are not able to secure the best (prime) borrowing rates and wield reduced power, including a smaller market share.

A bigger company, in turn, can command lower borrowing rates, funnel more money into acquisitions and reduce administrative costs.

That has already happened in West Germany, where a key borrowing rate was lowered by one-half of a percentage point.