11.   Hua Nan Commercial Bank and other major banks led the declines, as the higher rates would raise their funding costs.

12.   It will, however, establish a price by which other borrowers can determine their funding costs.

13.   It will, however, set a price by which other borrowers can determine their funding costs.

14.   Like banks, brokerages get a boost as falling interest rates lower funding costs.

15.   No matter how fierce the competition in the banking industry gets, Freedman expects banks to enjoy lower funding costs as the Reserve Bank trims interest rates.

16.   Problem loans led to the collapse of two major credit cooperatives and a mid-sized bank over the summer, and higher funding costs overseas for Japanese banks.

17.   Solid thrifts like Ahmanson and Great Western gradually switched to variable rate mortgages, whose return would rise when funding costs rose.

18.   Stock values at banks have plummeted and their funding costs are rising as foreign banks become more wary and charge more for lending to Japanese banks.

19.   That could spell higher funding costs for the World Bank, which was previously the only AAA-rated agency that sold mark-denominated global bonds.

20.   That helped banks which profit when lower interest rates cut funding costs.