31.   It would be restricted in its ability to deal with a banking crisis, since it could not inject money into the financial system.

32.   Japan has failed to resolve a severe banking crisis.

33.   Japanese lawmakers in recent days agreed to steps to deal with a banking crisis in reaction to criticism the country has papered over the problems for a decade.

34.   Neighboring Latvia suffered its own banking crisis last summer when three banks collapsed into bankruptcy amid charges of fraud and embezzlement.

35.   Neighboring Latvia suffered its own banking crisis last summer when three banks collapsed amid charges of fraud and embezzlement.

36.   Naturally, the Bank of Japan could guarantee funds in a banking crisis or loosen monetary policy to avoid severe economic contraction.

37.   Nishimura suggested that the ministry had been distracted because of other banking crises in August, and that Japan suffered from a shortage of bank inspectors.

38.   Once the envy of the financial world, Japan has limped through the last decade, undone by a chronic banking crisis, policy missteps and a global slowdown.

39.   Or it may be used to directly solve the banking crisis.

40.   Others no longer among them failed in the regional banking crisis or have been merged with other companies.