1.   The liquidity situation means bidders had to submit higher bids to guarantee they would receive notes, pushing yields down.

2.   A number of options have been proposed to remedy the liquidity situation and bring down interest rates.

3.   BANK Negara will, from April, establish a new liquidity support facility and make forecasts on cashflows to enable banking institutions to better manage their liquidity situation.

4.   Business people have said that companies would be forced to go under if the liquidity situation does not improve by midyear.

5.   Directors said the low gross domestic product growth and tight liquidity situation in the banking system will negatively affect operations.

6.   Finance Minister Fuad Bawazier said the seven banks had been suspended and their operations frozen after they refused to heed repeated warnings about their unhealthy liquidity situation.

7.   Further prolongation of the current tight liquidity situation will have serious consequences on the real sector.

8.   Given the higher liquidity situation going forward,these ratios are considered satisfactory.

9.   Giving its rationale for the move, BNM said the shorter end interbank rates tend to reflect the exceptionally tight liquidity situation of a smaller number of banking institutions.

10.   Group managing director Abdul Rahim Hashim said in a statement the move is due to the general slowdown in the property sector and the tight liquidity situation.