UPDATE 1-Brazil plans no changes to banks' reserves
* Brazil plans no further changes to reserve requirements
* Meirelles comments one day after changes announced (Updates with details and quote)
SAO PAULO, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's government plans no further changes to bank reserve requirements in the near future, Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles said on Tuesday.
Brazil's central bank eased reserve requirements during the global financial crisis to boost liquidity in tight credit markets.
Meirelles spoke a day after the central bank said it would modify requirements on bank term deposits that it deployed at the height of the global financial crisis, including a tightening of the requirement for deposits held in treasury notes.
"There are no new changes foreseen in reserve requirements," Meirelles said during a speech at an event in Sao Paulo.
The changes announced on Monday included a rise in the amount of term deposit requirements held in treasury notes to 45 percent from 40 percent.
The central bank said on Monday that the changes announced were not expected to alter overall liquidity of the financial system.
(Reporting by Silvio Cascione, Writing by Ana Nicolaci da Costa; Editing by Padraic Cassidy)
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