61.   Investors in asset-backed securities, among others, are demanding higher yield premiums to compensate for credit risk.

62.   Investors demand high yields to compensate for high currency and credit risk.

63.   It designed two new programs to build their reliability as credit risks, said Childs.

64.   Lenders, in search of wider spreads, are taking on lower rated companies, which represent more credit risk.

65.   Less honest dealers could put credit risks into undesirable or older over-valued models.

66.   Lenders say high operating costs and the credit risks of borrowers justify the interest rate.

67.   MBNA, First USA and other credit card issuers compete to increase the number of consumers who borrow from them while avoiding bad credit risks.

68.   Mortgage-backed bond issues require a sophisticated appreciation of credit risk.

69.   Most people think of government securities as safe, and that is true with regard to credit risk.

70.   National Bank may also be active after news it will shut its Singapore branch because of deteriorating business and heightened credit risk in Southeast Asia.