21.   A lower reserve requirement will free up more money for the bank to lend, generating higher interest income.

22.   A mandatory increase in reserve requirements for other HMOs, Harvard-Pilgrim, presumably would require premium increases sufficient to return Harvard Pilgrim to good health.

23.   A Reserve Bank official said the fines announced last week were for evading cash reserve requirements.

24.   A stable inflation rate and lower reserve requirements are expected to help bring down interest rates and stoke economic growth.

25.   By limiting the money supply, the higher reserve requirement would boost interest rates or reduce their decline.

26.   Cavallo was speaking after explaining changes announced by the central bank this morning to bank minimum reserve requirements.

27.   Central bank directors will meet again in about a month and a half to decide whether to change bank reserve requirements, Sheu said.

28.   Changes being considered include a reduction in the reserve requirements, and a reduction in the minimum loan term to four years, from the current five years.

29.   Cuts in reserve requirements for banks last year were largely ineffective in reducing interest rates.

30.   Dai also said there were no immediate plans to cut reserve requirements.