Sentences with phrase «borrowed are worth less»

This does in fact make sense in a time of inflation, because the dollars used to pay back the principal amount borrowed are worth less and less.

For authors whose books are in the higher price brackets, though (i.e. over $ 2.99), the situation is much less clear because a borrow is worth less than a purchase.

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And if today's dollars are worth a lot less than the dollars of a few years from now, borrowing money becomes expensive, even at zero percent interest.

If the value of that house fell by 20 % it would be worth $ 600,000, or $ 50,000 less than what you originally borrowed to buy the home.

If you borrow a $ 1M in today's dollars, and hyper - inflation occurs you pay back the nominal value of the loan in dollars that are worth much less.

If the same economic scenario were presented but interest rates were low, banks may feel that taking the risk in loaning to less - than - impeccable businesses is worth it, particularly since they could also borrow money from the central bank at extremely low rates.

The Brattleboro Area Affordable Housing group figures that if gross rent will recover the out - of - pocket costs in less than five years, an apartment is worth considering, especially if the owners can apply the rent to property taxes and insurance rather than repaying money borrowed for the work.

The amount of the mortgage hasn't changed since you borrowed with it in 2016 dollars, but now you are paying it back with dollars that are worth less than they were in 2016.