1.   Any new plan to jump-start the economy is expected to include measures to help banks.

2.   As stocks have generally declined recently, the measure will help banks by not requiring them to record unrealized losses on their balance sheets.

3.   Banks and real estate companies fell amid concern a reported plan to prop up land values will be inadequate to help banks saddled with bad loans backed by land.

4.   Banks were helped by declining bond yields.

5.   Banks were helped by falling interest rates.

6.   Banks were also helped by a drop in interest rates.

7.   Better bonds also helped banks.

8.   A Finance Ministry official said earlier that Hashimoto probably was referring to borrowing funds from the Bank of Japan to help the banks.

9.   But generally most banks have been helped by increasing loan demand and declining write offs from bad loans.

10.   Citicorp wants to serve more of its customers through interactive computer networks and other systems that help the bank cut operating costs while boosting its client base.