Consumers like Victoria Cambrice enter the amount of money they want to borrow, how much money they owe to creditors and the loan terms they want.

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Mr Osborne said that Greece had to address "several difficult questions" over how it was going to borrow money from the markets, which are "sceptical" about the country's ability to repay its loans.

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Bear Stearns didn't say how much money it would need to borrow to stop the liquidity drain.

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It also put off until March 1 the mandated spending cuts from a 2011 agreement that increased how much money the Treasury could borrow to meet financial obligations.

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Grades assigned by these firms can affect a company's ability to raise or borrow money as well as how much investors will pay for their securities.

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