| 1. | The spread between the cost of borrowing for governments and that for banks has widened sharply in recent weeks
国债利率和银行同业拆借利率的利差在近几周已经急剧扩大了。 |
| 2. | However , the cost of borrowing funds in the european and us money markets remained close to seven - year highs
然而，欧美货币市场的资金借贷成本仍维持在7年来最高水平附近。 |
| 3. | This will make it easier for the homebuyers to compare the effective cost of borrowing at different loan - to - value ratios
这个新建议可以让置业人士较容易比较不同按揭成数贷款的实质借贷成本。 |
| 4. | To maintain flexibility and minimise the cost of borrowing , we would tap the short end of the market while being careful in the management of the maturity mismatch
为保持灵活性及尽量减低借贷成本，我们会借取短期贷款，并会小心管理期限错配的风险。 |
| 5. | Currently the investment return of the us dollar assets we are holding , for example us dollar deposits , is significantly higher than the cost of borrowing hong kong dollars
目前我们所持有的美元资产，例如是美元存款的投资回报远高于借取港元的成本。 |
| 6. | The cost of borrowing abroad is likely to rise , the overvalued kenyan shilling will fall , tourism has already been badly hit and foreign aid may be cut back
从国外的贷款有可能会上升，而估价过高的肯尼亚先令也将贬值，旅游业已经受到重挫，国外援助可能也会减少。 |
| 7. | If , however , the cost of borrowing hong kong dollars is higher than the rate of return on the us dollar assets in the exchange fund , the preference will be to sell us dollars instead
不过，若借取港元的成本高于外汇基金所持美元资产的回报，我们便会选择出售美元。 |
| 8. | But other officials fear these instruments may be raising leverage and risk - taking to dangerous levels and keeping the cost of borrowing artificially low , potentially increasing the chance of financial crises
但另外一些人则担心这些金融工具的使用会使举债和承担的风险达到危险的程度使借贷成本人为的降低，会增加金融危机的可能性。 |
| 9. | The decision to lift only the cost of borrowing money also gives local banks a higher interest rates spread , meaning they can preserve their profitability even if they are forced to rein in the quantity of lending
仅仅调高贷款的成本使得当地银行可以获得更高的利率差，这意味着，银行即便在政府强制其控制贷款质量的情况下，仍可保持盈利。 |
| 10. | Increases in interest rates raise the cost of borrowing for firms and depress corporate investment ; they also raise the return on savings and therefore reduce consumption although this effect may be partially or fully offset by the increased income for savings
利率上升会增加工商企业的借款成本及减少其投资意欲另外由于加息会增加储蓄的利息收入，因而亦会减少消费尽管这种影响会因储蓄的利息收入增加而被部分或全部抵销。 |
