But he said that for the Portuguese banks, at least, "they are already heavily reliant on borrowings from the European Central Bank" and the move can at least help their capital levels.

WSJ: New Tactics Boost Bank Profits

Over the past few months, India's consumer inflation has bucked a downtrend in wholesale inflation, constraining the central bank from lowering interest rates aggressively despite facing mounting pressure to make corporate borrowings cheaper and help stimulate an economy growing at its weakest pace in a decade.

WSJ: India Consumer Inflation Slows

Effective October 1, 2002, for borrowings and investments with the BPD and borrowings from the Federal Financing Bank (FFB), agencies will report amounts consistent with those reported by these central fiduciary agencies, except as noted above.

WHITEHOUSE: M-03-01, Business Rules for Intragovernmental Transactions, Attachment B | The White House