21. It also lowered the lending and deposit rates, which form a corridor in which the repo rate can move and signal which direction the repo rate is headed. 22. It could build market share by competing aggressively on price, offering better deposit rates and lower lending rates. 23. It is expected that these two banks will lower lending rates and raise deposit rates to consolidate their market share in Colombia. 24. It was partly bolstered by higher interest rates, after Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. and United Overseas Bank Ltd. raised their prime lending rates and deposit rates. 25. Japanese bonds will probably rise next week as bank portfolio managers seek more bonds to profit on low overnight deposit rates, analysts said. 26. Many analysts expect the central bank to either leave lending rates unchanged or cut them by less than deposit rates, in part to help out state banks. 27. Many analysts had expected the central bank to either leave lending rates unchanged or cut them by less than deposit rates, in part to help out state banks. 28. Luo Xu, researcher at China Guotai Securities, predicted a cut would start with the savings deposits rate. 29. Money market deposit rates for francs were mixed. |