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He said it was "pointless to think" governments' borrowing costs could be lowered for a protracted period by "external" intervention.

The Federal Reserve and the Bank of England are trying to push down borrowing costs to spur faster growth.

Both no doubt judged that the return on investment, in terms of increased fees, outweighed the extra borrowing costs.

most of it is charged at variable interest rates and thus linked to the borrowing costs set by the Bank of England.

Borrowing costs, for instance, are at all-time lows and yet many investors aren't taking advantage.

It hopes that this flood of money will push down borrowing costs, cap the yen's rise and help exporters.

The purchases of their government debt helped reduce their borrowing costs, but the bank will probably have to act again.

International investors began to target Ireland as a weak link in the euro zone, raising its borrowing costs to unsustainable levels.

Borrowing costs for cash-strapped governments continued to rise, with Italy auctioning five-year bonds for a euro-era high of 6. 47%.

Spreads between these distended borrowing costs and those on German bunds have widened to more than 4%; a year ago they were around 1%.

The Bank of Korea held off from boosting borrowing costs for two months after two quarter-point increases in January and March.

It is influencing the borrowing costs of euro-zone governments directly, without much of a guide to what the rates on their bonds should be.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan points out that, recently, bank borrowing costs began to fall as capital levels rose.

Certainly over the long run the US must rediscover fiscal prudence and reduce its deficits or face a costly rise in borrowing costs.

Investors worried that higher borrowing costs could make carmakers, insurers and energy companies the next victims of the credit crisis.

Portugal's borrowing costs rose sharply Wednesday as it sold almost one and a half billion dollars in short-term securities.

Greece, Ireland and Portugal were all forced to accept international bail-outs after their borrowing costs reached that level.

In the last few days, the market has been roiled by fears of higher borrowing costs globally and tighter regulatory curbs on risk taking.

On that count alone, borrowing costs would be far higher than they were within the safer confines of the euro area.

The worry is that those rising borrowing costs eventually may prove prohibitive, forcing countries to seek some sort of bailout.

That has not translated into a dramatic decline in interbank borrowing costs yet.

The gap between these countries' borrowing costs and Germany's became wider than at any time since the birth of the single currency.

Analysts argue that the predominance of the dollar gives the US two: reduced cost of imports and lower government borrowing costs.

Still, at about one percent, Japan enjoys the lowest borrowing costs of any major developed nation.

It could take a huge toll on the U. S. economy, raising our borrowing costs and crimping our overall borrowing capacity.

Low borrowing costs may be welcome news for the Japanese authorities but a stronger yen is not.

Both countries found borrowing costs higher Monday than just a month ago.

Indeed, such talk hurts those governments in the long run by undermining investor confidence and raising their borrowing costs.

But a senior German official said high borrowing costs 'certainly' wouldn't be enough to trigger the package.

Instead, higher borrowing costs are seen as the result of unscrupulous speculation.

This month, borrowing costs on Italian bonds have almost returned to the unsustainable levels they were at when Mr. Berlusconi resigned.

In that environment, a rate cut would have signalling value but would not rapidly translate into actual borrowing costs.

And yet during that period, America's borrowing costs have fallen.

After relative calm earlier this year, some other European countries also have had their borrowing costs rise.

Borrowing costs would shoot up to reflect higher currency and inflation risk.

countries, economies, that in real time are seeing their borrowing costs spike in no small part due to what the ratings agencies say.

The upshot is that Portugal's borrowing costs are far higher than when it had its own currency.

The second worry about low borrowing costs is that universal banks are less likely to be allowed to fail than pure investment banks.

An outcome that just shaves a few basis points off a sovereign's borrowing costs will not be enough.

The money fund turmoil rippled across other markets and sent short-term borrowing costs and risk premiums soaring.

In countries with state power firms, like China, the government can stump up the money or use its clout to reduce borrowing costs.

Increased borrowing costs may in turn add further pressures resulting in a greater number of corporate defaults.

The ECB could also take a more aggressive approach to buying government debt as a way to drive down borrowing costs.

Normally the whip to get a deficit-reduction deal is fear of the bond market's producing a spike in interest rates and borrowing costs.

The global corporate-bond boom is gathering steam as companies rush to take advantage of some of the lowest borrowing costs in history.

Last week, Italy's borrowing costs shot up to their highest point since 1997, reaching levels that forced Portugal and Greece to seek aid.

If they let finances slip, bond markets will exact a penalty in higher borrowing costs, as they have done in recent months.

These companies could reduce investment and cut production because of rising borrowing costs, he said.

Some of their demands focused on the fiscal side, with calls for immediate austerity despite low borrowing costs and high unemployment.

Far from improving their access to the financial markets, Greece and Ireland face record borrowing costs.

Borrowing costs are shooting up for corporations in nations with weak government finances.

The downgrade led to a steep sell-off in the Greek, Spanish and Portuguese bond markets, adding to their borrowing costs.

That will eventually lead to higher borrowing costs, he said.

Its intervention came after the Dubai debt crisis caused its own borrowing costs to rise alongside those of other Gulf states.

Signalling significantly greater flexibility, Jean-Claude Trichet, ECB president, said official eurozone borrowing costs could fall again.

Speculation increase that the Federal Reserve might make further unconventional interventions to push down long-term borrowing costs.

It also helps that borrowing costs to pay for these super-expensive homes is at record lows.

Now, countries like Italy, Austria and the Netherlands have seen their borrowing costs rise as well.

Japanese five-year yields also rose the most in two years, while Germany's benchmark borrowing costs hit 3 per cent.

As a consequence, US borrowing costs are unlikely to rise materially as a result of the downgrade.

And reducing the borrowing costs of the profligate could increase them for the virtuous and reduce the incentive for reform.

Prime Minister George Papandreou has been pressing his EU peers to help reduce Greece's borrowing costs.

Of course the idea of the utility subsidising the borrowing costs of the investment bank annoys politicians and regulators.

Today's cut is the sixth time that UK borrowing costs have fallen since October, when rates were still 5%, and is another blow for savers.

So, perversely, sparing a CDS payout on Greece could push up the borrowing costs of other countries.

What happens when a few hundred basis points are added to borrowing costs?

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, used a speech to blame the recent rise in its borrowing costs on factors beyond Rome's control.

Although interest rates in the territory closely track the effects of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, borrowing costs do diverge.

A reduction in that yield could lower the cost of carry for homeowners and reduce other borrowing costs for consumers.

Against that background, Mr Osborne is right to guard the UK's triple A status, keeping borrowing costs down.

Although most borrowers could still make ends meet, the few who fail are often a victim of exorbitant borrowing costs.

The rating cut is expected to increase New Zealand's borrowing costs, although marginally as global yields fell on a bleak outlook.

Average earning assets - AEA: Average interest return on earning assets less average rate of borrowing costs.

For one thing, the new company should end up with a BB debt rating, which will reduce its borrowing costs.

A downgrade immediately increases borrowing costs as investors demand a premium to compensate for the higher perceived risk.

Spain's quick moves helped it escape the storm. But Portugal's borrowing costs soared to a euro-era record in September.

That would raise borrowing costs for businesses and consumers, force severe austerity measures and risk social unrest.

Long-term borrowing costs remain low despite the mountain of new debt that will be issued over the next few years.

That made it easier to prod the market into making borrowing costs much lower for the likes of Portugal and Spain.

Some monetary-policy autonomy would be restored by leaving, but borrowing costs would go up.

However, while bond yields dived borrowing costs between banks jumped, another echo of the global financial crisis.

But expect more talk of buying long-dated Treasurys, as it tries to force down consumer borrowing costs.

There's also uncertainty about inflation, which can rise in an environment of low borrowing costs.

These sharply reduce borrowing costs for the state-owned companies that funnel this easy money into mega-investments.

Banks have to hold more government bonds, helping keep borrowing costs down.

This spreading fear within the eurozone explains the sharp leap in the additional borrowing costs France has to pay over Germany.

If Portugal is to remain solvent, its borrowing costs will have to fall much further.

Mr Draghi led Italy's privatisation programme and fostered a market for longer-dated government bonds, which helped reduce borrowing costs.

Or that capital losses on their assets reduce the credit worthiness of businesses which raises their borrowing costs and reduces investment.

Lower borrowing costs are a boon to corporate profits, which could in turn benefit the broader economy and hiring.

Capitalization of borrowing costs is also the accounting treatment of a greater change.

If borrowing costs are cut further in coming months as expected, lenders may soon have to cope with zero interest rates.

The trade worked. Speculators made money, governments benefited from lower borrowing costs and nobody complained.

Instead of pay such high premiums, Providencia is running through its own cash in hopes that borrowing costs decline early next year.

Rising bank borrowing costs have grown worrisome, as they would likely impede the global recovery.

The prospect of higher official eurozone borrowing costs could already have hit sentiment, Holger Schmieding at Bank of America said.

Reports say the deal is not endanger (in danger), but it could mean an increase en (in) borrowing costs.

Lower interest rates can spur economic activity as cheaper borrowing costs give consumers more money in their pockets to spend.

The rapid deterioration in the public finances has unnerved bond markets and raised Ireland's borrowing costs.

With wary lenders imposing higher borrowing costs on weaker countries, these countries face a new challenge to competitiveness.

Higher asset prices have propped up consumer spending and narrower corporate bond spreads have eased firms' borrowing costs.

This aims to lower long-term borrowing costs, and thus supply more credit to the business sector and mortgage world.

The action had the expected effect of raising borrowing costs for the Japanese government.

These elevated spreads have raised borrowing costs and deepened the recession. They are also the main obstacle to recovery.

Reflecting this uncertainty, borrowing costs for small European countries have risen sharply.

Spanish and Portuguese borrowing costs soared last week as investors fled peripheral euro zone government bonds.

Lower borrowing costs are a key to spurring an economic recovery after months of sluggish growth.

Much of Morgan Stanley's red ink will come from an adjustment to borrowing costs and paying back the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Austerity, high unemployment, social unrest, high borrowing costs and banking chaos seem likely either way.

South Korea's won led the advance after the European Central Bank cut borrowing costs, boosting demand for higher- yielding securities.

Holding down borrowing costs will help make its fiscal adjustment easier, which should attract private capital.

In recent days, Italy's borrowing costs have soared dangerously and the prime ministers of both Italy and Greece have resigned.

They add that reconstruction will create future economic activity that could offset those borrowing costs.

Borrowing costs in the United States will rise, in part because there will be fewer lenders.

Borrowing costs for big financial institutions plunged on Tuesday, as measured by credit-default swap spreads.

The most striking example of the "Japanisation" of countries such as the US, UK and Germany is in their benchmark borrowing costs.

After Italy's encounter with soaring borrowing costs last week, it is now Spain's turn.

States and cities use them to try to hold down borrowing costs.

Governments have different mechanisms to keep their borrowing costs artificially low.

The "flight to safety" has already caused Treasury bond yields to fall, cutting the borrowing costs of homebuyers.

It has thus suffered more than its peers from rising borrowing costs.

Buying government and corporate bonds with money created for the purpose will, it is hoped, reduce all borrowing costs.

No matter what governments do, their efforts may fail without the ECB's help to support growth and keep borrowing costs down.

Over the past three years, in the wake of the financial crisis, U. S. borrowing costs have gone down, not up.

The challenge is to reduce the impact of diverging creditworthiness among its 16 sovereign issuers on borrowing costs.

Earlier, copper rose as equities gained on speculation the Federal Reserve will reduce U. S. borrowing costs.

Other nations facing big deficits and slow economic growth are also seeing their borrowing costs rise.

Except that they wanted to exploit the margin between the government-guaranteed borrowing costs and the commercial lending income.

As a rule, a lower credit rating means higher borrowing costs for debtor nations.

With corporate borrowing costs rising and financial-market anxiety high, new-debt issuance dried up.

Lower interest rates can boost the economy by reducing borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.

That keeps the U. S. borrowing costs low. Which makes it easy for us to rely on too much debt.

Higher borrowing costs probably would slow the economy and increase unemployment.

But lower borrowing costs are of little use if politicians remain sceptical about the merits of fiscal pump-priming.

He says real interest rates, which take into account the effect of inflation on borrowing costs, are 'exceptionally low relative to history.

Debt-laden Japan (AA) is paying 1. 1%, and its downgrade had little perceptible impact on its borrowing costs.

This lowers private-borrowing costs and raises asset values, boosting wealth and spending.

The 10-year yield is of more practical importance to the Fed, given its influence on mortgage rates and other borrowing costs.

However, downgradesdowngrades have increased its borrowing costs.

The surge in demand for safe and liquid assets in dollars, euros and pounds pushed down long-term borrowing costs.

For one thing, the borrowing costs of countries along Europe's southern fringe remain painfully high.

The markets will be paying attention as never before, with real consequences for national borrowing costs.

This would create an incentive for them to behave prudently, since borrowing costs on red bonds would be higher.

Every percentage point increase in borrowing costs makes it that much harder to get the nation's fiscal house in order.

it could lead to greater convergence , bringing borrowing costs , fiscal policies and inflation trends into alignment.

Borrowing costs paid by Italian banks and companies are also likely to rise.

The ECB currently buys limited amounts of government bonds on the open market to stem the rise in borrowing costs.

Even fundamentally solvent countries can quickly go bust if their borrowing costs rise too fast.

Bond vigilantes drove the Greeks' borrowing costs into the double digits.

But they haven't managed to reduce borrowing costs for the private sector.

Alternatively, an increase in borrowing costs caused by international creditors' demanding higher real yields is also possible.

But hopes that the report might spur a deficit deal actually helped U. S. borrowing costs and the dollar.

Corporate borrowing costs are rising across the world.

Their lower borrowing costs probably stem partly from an implicit government guarantee.

The political deadlock has raised Italy's borrowing costs. The interest rate charged by investors buying government bonds has risen by 0.

It aims to keep borrowing costs low, hoping cheap mortgages in particular will spur the still-weak economy.

And in any case the ultra-low central-bank base rate will eventually have to rise, pushing up borrowing costs.

This may explain why central banks have taken bold action to regain control over borrowing costs.

But he acknowledged that higher interest rates would lead to higher borrowing costs, which could squeeze companies.

The OECD argued that the ECB still had room to cut official eurozone borrowing costs.

All other borrowing costs are recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

All other borrowing costs are recognized as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

That should make those countries' bonds more attractive investments and thus lower borrowing costs for their governments.

The agreement should ease Greece's borrowing costs, but does less to address its long-term debt pile.

Higher borrowing costs as a result would worsen the fiscal outlook, and anticipated tax increases will choke the recovery and growth.

This could increase uncertainty, pushing up borrowing costs for banks.

New York state entities' weekly borrowing costs have climbed by more than $2m, for instance.

Italy's borrowing costs shot up last week amid fears that its debts have become unsustainable.

Investors punished Greece with much higher borrowing costs.

There were also savage falls for German and British borrowing costs, which hit record lows.

In slower-growing Italy and Portugal, lower borrowing costs propped up demand.

Borrowing costs are interest and other costs that an entity incurs in connection with the borrowing of funds.

Yet no OECD countries that issue their own currency are suffering from rising borrowing costs.

Of course, this could cause yields to fall, thus lowering borrowing costs.

That could, in turn, raise borrowing costs for bond issuers, says Tim Backshall of Credit Derivatives Research.

Even Britain and America could face sharply higher borrowing costs.

The borrowing costs of consumptive biological assets such as forests shall be stopped from being capitalized at the close canopy.

Germany also fears the issuance of joint bonds would raise its borrowing costs.

Savers need to earn a high enough return to guarantee their retirements, so banks' and companies' borrowing costs will rise.

Countries with big deficits and high borrowing costs need to take action to reassure investors.

Greece -- a popular travel place -- continues to face a debt crisis that has sharply raised its borrowing costs.

Investors, in effect, helped Fed efforts to lower borrowing costs.

Sure, with higher interest rates, borrowing costs are higher.

That could damage the Fed's credibility and raise borrowing costs broadly.

It lowered borrowing costs for companies and homebuyers.

Naturally, the most important effect of this achievement is the reduction of borrowing costs for the country.

In recent weeks, borrowing costs for financially strong euro-zone governments such as the Netherlands and Finland have increased.

Despite currency-market concerns, there has been no spike in public-borrowing costs.

Issuers in the bond markets are finding that their borrowing costs have risen.

Borrowing costs at ANZ and Westpac Banking Corp. are under review, according to spokesmen at the lenders.

Nevertheless borrowing costs in both countries are low.

Stocks wouldn't do well for long, though, because interest rates would jump, raising borrowing costs.

Some analysts say borrowing costs are set to rise further in coming months.

Any rise in US borrowing costs would therefore hit the Asian bond market hard.

Otherwise, a spike in borrowing costs looms, with dire results.

To keep government borrowing costs manageable, however, he has been forced to take an axe to the deficit.

This has prompted a spike in bank borrowing costs that is raising fears of a reprisal of the late 2008 credit crunch.

Spain saw its borrowing costs surge to an eight-year high today.

By and large, borrowing costs remained fairly steady and, in some instances, eventually declined.

The government had admitted earlier on Wednesdaythat the political crisis was causing "irreparable damage" as borrowing costs rocketed.

They've gained 94 basis points since the Oct. 19 increase in borrowing costs, double the 46 basis-point advance in 10-year yields.

The decline in borrowing costs over the past decade goes a long way to explaining why house prices have proven so irrepressible.

The process has been facilitated by stable global economic conditions, widespread use of derivatives and low borrowing costs.

Like Spain, Italy has seen its borrowing costs rise in recent days.

In the best case, borrowing costs could rise.

After a wild week, Spain's borrowing costs are slightly cheaper than when the week started.

They have stampeded into the bond markets to take advantage of low borrowing costs and push out refinancing dates while they can.

The government argues that borrowing costs have been contained only because of its commitment to austerity.

In the more competitive new system, borrowing costs fell.

A short-term spike in borrowing costs is a manageable problem for Italy.

Borrowing costs are set to remain well above their levels before the crisis.

About 10 per cent of US and 23 per cent of UK government debt is indexed. So inflation would boost those borrowing costs.

The monetary policy committee surprised the City last week when it slashed borrowing costs by 1. 5 percentage points to 3%.

The country's borrowing costs soared to successive euro-era highs for 11 consecutive days.

The goal is to improve the country's credit rating in order to ease the concerns of investors and reduce borrowing costs.

Universal banks generally have more stable earnings and lower borrowing costs than specialists in one or the other area of business.

It means that Spain's borrowing costs are 150 basis points higher today than a month ago.

Both may raise the banks' borrowing costs and make some of their global businesses uncompetitive.

That gives the government plenty of scope to drive down its borrowing costs.

The world stopped as Italian borrowing costs headed over 7 per cent and into bail-out territory.

In addition, they may push up borrowing costs and slow economic growth.

The Ministry of Finance on February 15, 2006 issued "Accounting Standards for Enterprises No. 17-borrowing costs" .

Firms seen as 'too big to fail' can enjoy lower borrowing costs based on the expectation that creditors will be backed by the government.

Sovereigns with the highest borrowing costs in the euro zone like Greece and Ireland may also want to pre-fund 2010 while yields are lower.

Among 19 economists surveyed, 13 forecast that borrowing costs will be unchanged this year.

Spain's benchmark borrowing costs hit a euro-era high, above 6 per cent.

Its courage has been rewarded with lower borrowing costs (see chart 2).

During the first two weeks of December Spain's ten-year borrowing costs hit 5. 5%, the highest rate in more than a decade.

In October, the central bank increased interest rates for the first time in three years and raised borrowing costs again on Dec.

The fear is that if QE stops, yields may rise sharply, driving up borrowing costs for everyone.

Sovereigns usually prefer auctions because they result in lower borrowing costs.

The weighted average of the eurozone's borrowing costs is 4. 7 per cent.

That is, adjusting for expected inflation, borrowing costs are now lower.

Portugal's 10-year borrowing costs have been 10% or higher since June 8, while Greek securities of similar maturities yield 22. 84%.

Spain's borrowing costs rose to 6. 48 percent Monday, and Rajoy spoke with Merkel.

Spanish state borrowing costs earlier leaped to the dangerously high level of 6. 7%.

Greek 10-year bond yields hit 7. 49% Thursday, a level unseen since 1998, sending the country back to pre-euro-era borrowing costs.

A second lesson is that borrowing costs matter.

The problem is that borrowing costs for everyone else are much higher.

Yet at the same time borrowing costs for banks have spiked up, reflecting fears that southern Europe's woes might bring a big bank down.

At the same time, any prolonged BOKdelay in raising borrowing costs may risk faster inflation.

China unexpectedly raised borrowing costs on Oct. 19 for the first time since 2007.

In the late 1990s, for example, companies were being forced to pay higher borrowing costs while stockmarkets were enjoying the dotcom boom.

As the benchmark interest rate in Japan is already so low, it is purchasing these assets to reduce borrowing costs for riskier assets.

If that action fails to bring down borrowing costs, as it has so far,

It has a slug of hard-to-value assets and its borrowing costs have yet to return to normal;

By virtue of its size, an independent Scotland's borrowing costs would almost certainly be higher

On the fiscal side, the question is whether loosening policy to favour growth will raise borrowing costs;

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