How to Use borrowing in a Sentence

borrowing

noun

• Students must have their own pencils. Borrowing is not allowed.
• Economists predict that there will be increases in government borrowing.
• He's compiling a list of Japanese borrowings in English.
• The Fed moves increase the cost of borrowing, putting the brakes on the economy.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 22 Dec. 2022
• The central bank has sought to increase the cost of borrowing and investing to pull back on price increases.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
• Coleman said borrowing should not be the first reaction to the situation.
  — USA Today, 21 Dec. 2022
• Most mainstream economists believe those tariffs will stoke inflation, meaning that borrowing rates will likely stay higher for even longer.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
• Offers should provide the actual bottom-line amount families are expected to pay out of pocket, which for many includes heavy borrowing.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022
• Then, there’s growing fear and uncertainty around electric car sales in a weak economy where costs of borrowing is high and rivals are beefing up their offerings.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2022
• First, the cost of college has spiraled as the government has subsidized unsustainable borrowing so people at every income level could pay for school.
  — The Dallas Morning News, Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2022
• The inflation data arrives a day before the Fed is expected to impose another borrowing cost increase.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2022
• Home prices haven’t declined in more than a year, according to NAR data, and the brief respite in borrowing costs this year came too late to spur home-buying activity.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
• The looming economic and political crises has spooked markets, with French borrowing costs briefly rising above those of Greece on Monday.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
• The intrigue: Investors have been dumping French government debt, pushing up the nation's borrowing costs — upping the pressure to get its fiscal house in order.
  — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
• The cost of borrowing has more than doubled since a year ago.
  — Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2022
• The moves to raise borrowing costs and slow the pace of consumer price rises had their effect.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 14 Oct. 2024
• But renting or borrowing fins can be a painful process.
  — Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2023
• But the cost would double when interest on the borrowing is added.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Banks and home lenders have been hit hard by higher borrowing costs and aren’t looking for much help.
  — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Rates traders pared back bets on how high the Bank will push borrowing costs, betting on a peak of about 5.7% early next year.
  — WSJ, 3 Aug. 2023
• Much of those payouts have been funded by huge amounts of new borrowing.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 8 July 2023
• That would bring overnight borrowing costs down to roughly 3.5%.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024
• The rapid rise quickly sapped buyer borrowing power and caused home prices to fall.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• Now, soaring borrowing costs and home prices threaten to erode those gains.
  — Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• Her views on where borrowing costs will settle over time have appeared to shift.
  — Viktoria Dendrinou, Fortune, 26 May 2024
• We’ve been stuck in a brief Goldilocks zone as higher borrowing costs work their way through the economy, but that will soon end.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2024
• Rate cuts by the Fed would likely lead, over time, to lower borrowing rates across the economy.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
• But now, many of these firms are facing pressure as the economy slows and borrowing costs rise.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2023
• With more rate cuts on the way, that could help businesses lower their borrowing costs.
  — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 11 Sep. 2024
• Dirt-cheap borrowing costs, along with changes caused by the pandemic, set off an epic housing boom.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 14 July 2023

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024