SAVINGS INSTITUTION TO HELP AILING THRIFTS
The U.S. League of Savings Institutions
said it has launched a program to bolster the liquidity of some
savings and loan institutions and reduce their dependency on
high interest rate deposits.
    A spokesman for the league said 48 institutions have
committed 340 mln dlrs to the program and estimated that the
program would begin within a week.
 Reuter
