A Northrop executive described the terms as a "lowest-common-denominator approach designed to favour a less capable, smaller aircraft by turning the contest into a cost shoot-out".
Campaign costs shoot up if the constituency is large or if the candidate is an "outsider" imposed by the party.
Other experts vehemently disagree, saying that if you look at the history of health care costs, there are always these pauses before costs shoot up again.
That's when monthly mortgage costs shoot up after an increase, which can be a huge problem if you're not prepared.
Most analysts predict the economy will contract by a similar rate this year as the government seeks to cut the budget deficit further just as borrowing costs shoot up.
The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, told parliament that his country faced trouble financing itself as borrowing costs shoot up to "astronomic" levels.
As Italy's borrowing costs shoot up — the 10-year government bond yield jumped to a record 6.33 percent on Tuesday — investors are concerned that too much of its strained budget will be consumed by the costs of its enormous debt.
And certain costs shot up.
Adding to concerns about Spain, its borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction.
Italy's borrowing costs shot up last week amid fears that its debts have become unsustainable.
