21.   Financial shares were mixed after the Federal Reserve left bank borrowing rates unchanged, suggesting the economy and inflation will slow.

22.   Financial stocks fared well as concerns subsided that Asian market turmoil would make it harder for Mexican banks to borrow money abroad.

23.   For Thai banks that means more money tied up without generating income or paying domestic depositors rates higher than those at which the banks can borrow abroad.

24.   Greenspan kept interest rates unusually low, allowing banks to borrow money cheaply and lend at higher rates while they worked to get rid of bad loans.

25.   He also wants the bank to lend more for restructuring and recapitalizing Third World banking systems so the banks there can borrow abroad for local lending.

26.   He said that the slide in interest rates had enabled the banks to borrow more cheaply and offer competitive loan rates.

27.   In Korea, banks borrowed money from foreign banks and in turn lent to domestic companies.

28.   Instead, the Bundesbank can lower the rate at which banks can borrow using government securities as collateral.

29.   It is becoming increasingly expensive for Japanese banks to borrow money in money markets.

30.   Lower credit ratings have also made it harder for Japanese banks to borrow money overseas, as foreign banks charge them higher interest.