31.   Since then, local corporations have faced higher funding costs while liquidity problems in the financial system continued to worsen.

32.   Since the last tax season, there have been two increases in deposit rates which have raised the funding cost of banks by a total of one percentage point.

33.   That advantage, however, could be offset by higher funding costs, particularly for companies whose loans are denominated in dollars.

34.   The bank said the hike reflected higher funding costs.

35.   The directors did not recommend any dividend, in view of the increase in funding costs for its investments.

36.   Top-tier credits found that the demand for their paper was such, that they could lengthen their tenure and lower their funding costs.

37.   While purchasing power is low at home, the companies are likely to pay high funding costs for selling the bonds overseas.

38.   Funding costs were reduced by lower money market rates.

39.   The extra funding costs for Qwest run into millions of dollars, according to a study by institutional research firm US Bancorp Piper Jaffray.