Bank borrowing climbs again

Banks increased their borrowing from the Federal Reserve for asecond straight week as the central bank worked to deal with acredit crunch that has roiled global financial markets. The FederalReserve reported that the daily borrowing averaged $1.315 billionfor the week ending Wednesday. That was the highest averageborrowing since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The average surpassedlast week's $1.2 billion.