Man walks past a recently closed Bank of China branch in central Beijing
A man walks past a recently closed Bank of China branch in central Beijing October 14, 2008. The cost of dollar deposits eased sharply in Asia on Tuesday alongside other signs that the fear of bank-to-bank lending was abating after governments around the world rushed out plans to bolster their banks. From swap spreads in Australia to China's declining short-term rates, risk measures in money markets softened as banks drew comfort from plans by governments in the United States and Europe to take up stakes in their big banks. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)
