Sentence examples for crippling interest from inspiring English sources

The money came in, but only after investors were lured with crippling interest rates, which are now well over double those the Germans pay.

Those that survived had to live with near-worthless assets, including much of Bangkok's movie-set skyline, and crippling interest payments.Five years on, that skyscraping debt and excess capacity is still weighing the economy down.

Argentina's plan for a huge debt swap to avoid a default won the backing of local private banks in a major step toward helping fend off bankruptcy and slashing the crippling interest the government pays.

He also dismissed a threat by Alex Salmond not to pay Scotland's share of the national debt as "implausible" because it would lead to "crippling" interest rates for householders and businesses.

Vulnerable families coping with the destruction of their homes, unsafe drinking water and reduced calorie consumption are faced with crippling interest rates – ranging from 21-67% – charged by local loan sharks.

Often, that's when their problems get worse - facing crippling interest rates from these illegal money lenders.

The debts accumulated to pay for imported machinery became crippling as interest rates shot up.

But there is also a growing sense that within a system of corrupting ideas and Jefferson's crippling self-interest a struggle was going on for some other vision of humanity, not just within Jefferson but also among the enslaved.

They give people on low incomes an alternative to the crippling rates of interest and fees that many unscrupulous lenders will charge them.

The restructuring agreement, which will take the company private and hand nearly 100% control to its largest bondholders, is designed to cut its crippling debts and interest payments.

He accused both the Special Counsel and the Deputy Attorney General to whom he reports, Robert Mueller and Rod Rosenstein, of being burdened by crippling conflicts of interest.