Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The Nordic Investment Bank said it will “temporarily” increase its lending activities in response to the effects of the financial crisis in its member countries.

A new lending facility, the NIB Refinancing Facility, of 500 million euros has been created for this purpose.

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