
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, January 8, 1995                   TAG: 9501110021
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: F-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: MAG POFF
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

IF ANYONE WILL FEEL THE CHANGES IN INTEREST RATE CHANGES, IT'S BANKS

Bankers should enjoy a prosperous 1995, according to some industry analysts, but banks won't see the fantastic gains of the early 1990s.

David West, who follows the industry for Davenport & Co. in Richmond, said bank stocks are being "held hostage" near term to the Federal Reserve Bank's policy of incrementally raising interest rates in order to stem inflation.

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