A.  Voices calling for the postponement of the complete termination of blanket deposit guarantee  A view that the planned complete termination of blanket deposit guarantee in April 2003 should be postponed has started to gain some ground.
The background to this is the considerable shift of funds from time and savings deposits to demand deposits which took place this spring before the partial lifting of deposit guarantee. Until the end of fiscal 2001, the government fully protected deposits whenever financial institutions failed, in order to restore financial system soundness by disposing of NPLs and non-viable financial institutions while maintaining system stability.