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.
• Fed policymakers are nearly certain to reduce short-term borrowing costs by a quarter-point next week, following a drop in job openings last month.
  — Anushree Ashish Mukherjee, Reuters, 30 Oct. 2024
• Americans, Begley said, view their home mortgage payments as their most significant borrowing cost.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The goal now is to make sure the Fed gets borrowing costs to the right level — even though no one knows exactly what that level should be or how long to stay there.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• The spike in borrowing costs caused home affordability and sales to plummet in the early ’80s.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
• The healthier the job market appears, the less aggressive the Fed would need to be in easing borrowing costs.
  — Paul Wiseman The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
• But a higher bond rating means that the city is viewed as a less risky investment and its borrowing cost, based on its risk, goes down, if the city were to borrow.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2023
• Lower bond yields make borrowing less costly for consumers on items big and small.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
• This is resulting in higher borrowing costs for consumers, and that isn’t expected to change in the near term.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
• The increase in borrowing helped fuel the biggest jump in retail sales during the month since early 2023.
  — Vince Golle, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2024
• Cuts would, over time, bring down the cost of mortgages, auto loans, and other consumer and business borrowing.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2024
• If the Fed raises rates again in July, consumers could face even higher borrowing costs.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 July 2023
• The risk is that growth will slow while prices and borrowing rates stay high, sending the economy into a recession.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 1 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024