| 11. | Higher borrowing rates usually result in less money being spent on services.
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| 12. | Stocks in general like lower borrowing rates because it boosts consumer spending.
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| 13. | Higher borrowing rates spell bad news for companies looking to issue debt.
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| 14. | Plenty of companies are grabbing the opportunity to exploit lower borrowing rates.
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| 15. | The overnight borrowing rate is now at 13 . 25 %.
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| 16. | The central bank hasn't raised benchmark borrowing rates since December 1994.
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| 17. | It can influence a range of business and consumer borrowing rates.
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| 18. | Government yields are used to set borrowing rates on corporate debt.
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| 19. | Companies use Treasury yields as a benchmark for their borrowing rates.
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| 20. | At the same time, higher borrowing rates eat into company profits.
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