11.   Special deposits are deposits of banks from time to time required by the Bank of England to be lodged in addition to normal reserve requirements.

12.   Another aspect of the consumer-friendly Triple X rule is that it used revised mortality tables to come up with the new reserve requirements.

13.   Apart from easing reserve requirements, the central bank may have the funds for a bailout.

14.   Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Gabriel Singson said yesterday he may raise bank reserve requirements if the peso weakens further, reducing the cash available for loans to companies.

15.   Banks tend to use discount window loans as a last resort to meet regulatory reserve requirements.

16.   Bank stocks will likely rise on expectations their earnings will rise if the central bank lowers bank reserve requirements, analysts said.

17.   Besides reserve requirements, the central bank can only sell more short-term notes to take money out of the economy.

18.   A Bank of Korea spokesman said bank governor Lee Kyung Shik told bank officials last week that he wants the bank reserve requirement to be cut.

19.   A cut in the reserve requirement allows banks to loan money previously held in their vaults.

20.   A higher reserve requirement means less money will be available for loans, which would slow economic growth.