1.   The prospect of reduced interest rates also helped the share prices of those companies geared to easier credit.

2.   But a continued drop in interest rates could help stabilize a slowing economy, providing easier credit for businesses and home buyers.

3.   Easier credit may also spur bank lending and give a fillip to property prices.

4.   Even today, Sofmap offers easier credit terms than any other retailer.

5.   He did so mainly by promising easier credit if the budget gap was reduced, giving Wall Street a reason to get on board.

6.   He was an outspoken advocate of easier credit terms for Third World debtor nations.

7.   HELP OFFERED FOR HOG FARMERS The Agriculture secretary announced steps to slow the slide in hog prices and offered farmers hope for easier credit.

8.   Hong Kong stocks surged as investors bet that easier credit will shore up corporate earnings.

9.   Milken was an apostle for leverage in what turns out to have been the early part of a grand cycle of easier credit.