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At the end of the day, it's not a normal condition to have interest rates at zero.

An institution that borrows on a non-prioritized basis would never contemplate borrowing on a prioritized basis. Doing so would undermine its standing in the bond market and suggest that it is not worthy of its strong credit rating. This type of self-imposed downgrade would materially affect its financial prospects.

A short squeeze could happen with the U.S. dollar if lenders suddenly forced debtors to pay in cash.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

Just because someone will lend money to you doesn't mean you should borrow it.

A cash advance on a credit card is one of the worst types of borrowing because the interest rate is typically 21 percent or more.

The Question to be considered is, Whether the Government have reason by a Law, to prohibit the taking more than 4 l. per cent Interest for Money lent, or to leave the Borrower and Lender to make their own Bargains.

If we reach the debt ceiling, we don't have to default. Getting to that point just won't allow us to reach new debt.

No one lives on credit in France because banks don't allow overdrafts and zero percent credit cards do not exist.

The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default.