public borrowing

Would we be happy to see Alistair Darling jack up public borrowing if that meant, as it might, that the cost of mortgages went up?

Public borrowing spiralled so far out of control that in 1976 the International Monetary Fund had to be called in.

After the Bank of Spain's intervention, yields on Spanish government bonds rose, making it more expensive to finance public borrowing.

All these bail-outs, not to speak of the economic shock that will follow the financial one, are going to push up public borrowing.

This underestimates the long-term cost of state pensions and the cost of public borrowing to fund it.

But if Portugal is to refinance its existing debts at tolerable interest rates, it needs a lower cost of public borrowing.

With the economy crumbling and public borrowing through the roof, Mr Obama had every excuse to slither away from healthcare reform.

A decade-long bonanza of private borrowing, followed by a spurt in public borrowing when the crisis struck, has left a heavy debt burden.

Not unlike the "search for yield" that has undermined private finance, low interest rates may have encouraged more public borrowing.

then reverse all of them, to help bring public borrowing back under control.

Democrats have been pushing a new jobs bill to little or no avail , and the administration is on the defensive over public borrowing .

High interest rates due to excessive public borrowing have stifled Hungary's economic growth, according to Reuters.

The dash into safe assets has cut the cost of public borrowing for most rich countries (see chart 1).

Pessimists also fret about the sheer scale of America's public borrowing and, especially, China's role in funding it.

Rates above 6 per cent make public borrowing almost unsustainable for countries with depleted coffers.

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

The outlook for US public borrowing makes everything worse.

Yet Ms Merkel has been wary of raising public borrowing to stimulate demand.

Will the markets reward the government for its a pledge to eliminate public borrowing?

Cameron is reducing public borrowing by 9 percent of GDP in five years.

The Treasury forecast in April that public borrowing would exceed 12% of GDP, and it could be more.

Sceptics disinclined to study the evidence point to the failure of previous efforts and deplore additional public borrowing on principle.