But bankers also see a growing body of warning signs.

Some bankers in the state see a mood of optimism.

The banker had been confined to his room with a severe cold, and could not see the visitor.

However, even some bankers saw useful elements in the New York approach.

Many bankers have seen individual consumers drawn to financial service companies that perform banking and securities functions at the same time.

British bankers, who only months ago felt locked into problem property loans, now see a bit of sky as the prison door creaks open.

Yet some bankers see a new type of danger that is not evident in the statistics.

"They do not want the bankers and the businessmen to see how we live."

That was more or less how the dominant European bankers of the nineteen-thirties saw themselves.

The Swiss banker saw his visitor study the decorations in his office.