They are desperate to carry on lending to anyone who might want to borrow because they need to earn money to pay off their past bad lending, even though they are storing up trouble for the future.
So if banks are hoarding cash because they fear that any minute now the eurozone crisis will become so terrible that they won't be able to borrow what they need from normal creditors, they can relax, stop hoarding and start lending again.
If they want to reverse the property tax numbers, cities could try to rush a housing recovery or push through the mountainous political battles of raising rates. (In California, they would need to move mountains.) Or they could just borrow the money.
Added together, approximately two-thirds of our small business respondents are confident they have the ability to borrow capital when, and if, they need it.
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Better credit availability will help my customers to borrow the money they need to upgrade or replace their current software systems.
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Consumers would need to be able to borrow money from saved Bitcoin currency the same way that they currently do with US currency.
They realize the need to keep interest rates low so job-creating corporations can borrow and invest at a reasonable return, and so low mortgage rates can help work through the glut of unsold homes that will gradually get the new home market active again.
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Europe's rescue plan is based on the idea that Ireland and the rest just need to borrow a bit of cash to tide them over while they sort out their difficulties.
Under the plan he announced, the companies would be allowed to borrow from the Federal Reserve's discount lending window if they need to.
If they are forced to take losses on their government-debt holdings, the government would be need to borrow even more money to cover those losses.
Those who borrow from the government to pay tuition fees need repay the loan only after they graduate and start earning steady money.
Financial firms come in many shapes and sizes, but they all serve the same purpose: to channel funds from those who wish to save to those who need to borrow.
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