It said most institutions had already passed on the last half-point base rate cut to savers while holding back on cuts in home loan interest rates.

该机构称大部分银行机构已经降低了0.5点的基准利率，但是没有将其传递到按揭利率上。

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In countries such as Portugal, Greece and Ireland, where big government deficits have to be cut back, loan growth is likely to decline and bad loans to increase as economies slow.

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Pakistan has been reluctant to take on a loan from the IMF because doing so would require it to cut back on its military spending.

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Because of the financial crisis on Wall Street, the No. 1 college loan fund, Sallie Mae, announced a few weeks ago that it will cut back on college loans.

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