1.   Among the most attractive would be allowing finance companies to take pass-book savings deposits guaranteed by the government.

2.   Banks, meanwhile, are still often obliged to lend money to cash-strapped enterprises at a lower interest rates than they pay out on savings deposits.

3.   China, in a bid to avert a banking crisis, today stopped subsidizing new savings deposits.

4.   Chinese stocks rose on the subsidy rate news as some investors bet that the government will lower interest rates later this year, making savings deposits less attractive.

5.   From next week the government will let commercial banks set their own interest rates on short-term savings deposits.

6.   He also said he plans to offer tax credits for banks that match the savings deposits of poor people.

7.   He also plans to offer tax credits for banks that match the savings deposits of poor people.

8.   In addition, higher interest rates for savings deposits held by overseas Chinese will be canceled, the central bank announced.

9.   Investors can also reassure themselves by noting that even if stocks fall, over long periods equities always outperform savings deposits.

10.   It consists of cash in circulation, demand deposits, time deposits with maturities of less than four years and most savings deposits.