41.   That should help the banks, right?

42.   The Bank of Japan has been helping the banks by keeping interest rates low.

43.   The corporation was set up by the government to collect premiums from banks to guarantee deposits and help bankrupt banks.

44.   The firm engaged in so-called window dressing, using a variety of financial trading tools to help Japanese banks and companies obscure their losses.

45.   The decision to set up financial holding companies will help banks, securities firms, insurers and other financial institutions join together to form financial conglomerates.

46.   The government released a plan last week that was meant to help the banks, but it was widely dismissed as being ineffective.

47.   The government already is considering a host of steps to fuel consumer spending and help banks and securities firms pay back bad or questionable loans.

48.   The government could help the banks by giving them low-interest loans.

49.   The Japanese banks were helped by a spate of yen bond sales to Japanese investors.

50.   The government will stop treasury bill yields falling too much to help the banks, Arofikin said.