Sentence examples for consumer borrowings from inspiring English sources

The bank made a further $1.3 billion provision toward a regulatory settlement related to payment protection plans for credit card loans, home mortgages and other consumer borrowings.

According to Mr. Galbraith's research, margin loans now account for 16percentt of total consumer borrowings, up from 7percentt in 1995.

Most consumer borrowings are based upon shorter-term interest rates -- even 30-year mortgage rates are based on shorter-term rates because homeowners typically pay off their loans well before their term is up -- and these are rising because of the Fed's recent actions.

The New York Times Sunday Review published a dramatic graph showing the collapse in sales -- home sales down 24% since 2007, light car sales down 24%, washers and dryers down 26%, and stoves and ovens down 19%, as consumer borrowings to spend likewise declined.

It is this huge liquidity glut that is supporting US Government's debt spending, US consumer's borrow and spend frenzy, huge borrowings of private equity firms and other M&A activities, enormous borrowings of hedge funds and so on.

As countless studies have shown, the stability of the country is not based on the large number of people and businesses who either own assets outright or have low borrowings, but on people who borrow up to the hilt and go bust at the merest hint of impending crisis, hitting consumer spending and dragging down house prices.

High employment levels, a combination of near-zero inflation and accelerating wage growth will help consumer confidence and the willingness to reduce savings and increase borrowings.

And the reports of rising unemployment Thursday only added to fears that defaults on mortgages and other borrowings aren't likely to end soon as consumers continue to struggle.

Its vision of the future is a grab-bag of borrowings from other pictures: the evil corporation from "Robocop," the urban consumer environment from "Minority Report," the sleek and agile killer robots from the last two "Terminator" movies, the climactic riot from, of all things, "Gangs of New York".

Recent survey evidence also suggests consumers are using more of their home equity to pay off other borrowings, such as credit-card debt.

The US agency charged with protecting consumers from financial abuse unveiled a proposal on Thursday that would limit short-term borrowings known as "payday" loans, which can carry interest rates as high as 390percentt.