1.   Bank loans have been rising ever since.

2.   Business loans will also rise.

3.   Credit-card debt and home equity loans are rising, Fifth Third Bank reports, but savings-account balances are rising faster.

4.   Credit card loans rose one-fifth.

5.   Earnings at banks suffer when rates are high because corporate demand for borrowing falls and non-performing loans rise.

6.   Few economists said the drop was caused by higher interest rates, noting, in fact, that bank loans have been rising smartly of late.

7.   Meanwhile, Peruvian syndicated loans rose after Fujimori announced an agreement with creditor banks on a Brady debt restructuring.

8.   Much of the nervousness came from one earnings report, from a home mortgage lender called The Money Store, which said overdue loans rose sharply.

9.   Russian loans rose as investors bet the newly-elected parliament, or Duma, would leave economic policies unchanged.

10.   Russian loans rose as investors judged that Russia is likely to complete the rescheduling of defaulted loans in the months ahead as planned.