1. Activities on the local securities and bond market remained quiet as the tight liquidity prevailed despite the SRR reduction. 2. Affifuddin said consequently Islamic banks would experienced tight liquidity and shift of funds to conventional banks might occur. 3. After all, if interest rates are high, businesses will find it difficult to survive and coupled with tight liquidity it may be even worse. 4. Amid tight liquidity, the government should only support sectors which have the capability to compete with their counterparts in other countries. 5. An executive at a joint-venture bank said the increasingly tight liquidity made it difficult for banks to obtain funds from the interbank money market. 6. Bakhtiar said seeking fresh funds from the public was the most viable alternative for companies during tight liquidity conditions and soaring interest rates in the banking system. 7. Balanced against these positive factors are its tight liquidity position and higher than average exposure to the broad property related sector, it added. 8. Bears warn the crisis and the resulting environment of tight liquidity will significantly reduce property sales and leasing activities. 9. But he said the news was unlikely to boost property market sentiment or lift property stocks because tight liquidity continued to cloud the outlook for the market. 10. But one money market analyst at an US bank said tight liquidity would make banks utilise their funds more efficiently. |