According to the study, the interest expenses of such businesses have increased by less than 3%.

研究显示，此类业务的利息支出增幅不到3%。

Firms where borrowing consisted only of leveraged loans saw their annual interest expense soar by 51% year-on-year.

仅由杠杆贷组成的企业的年利息支出同飙升51%。

This generous financing will protect them against a pincer-like combo of slowing wage growth and rising interest expenses.

这笔慷慨的融资将保护他们资增长放缓和利息支出上升的钳形组合的影响。

By turning more to debt instead of equity markets for financing, for instance, they could increase their interest expenses, which would eat into both their book and taxable incomes.

例如，更多地转向债券市场而不是股票市场融资，可能会增加利息支出，这将侵蚀它们的账面收入和应税收入。