There was no significant change in the money supply, the Fed Funds rate or any other of the traditional parameters that track Fed policy.

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Even when governments are willing to tackle the problem, funds are often in short supply.

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But is the recent gyration in oil prices a function of supply and demand or is it a sudden rush in or out of commodity index funds?

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The Fed would use the discount rate rather than the federal funds market to supply or withdraw credit in response to any imbalance between supply and demand for it.

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The Bhopal Medical Appeal, which funds clinics in Bhopal, believes that Dow, which bought Union Carbide in 1999, should pay to clean the site and supply funds for victims.

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The priority for those framing Europe's new financial regulations should be to encourage rather than impede the emergence of new providers of finance, including insurers, mutual funds, specialist lenders or even larger companies in the supply chain.

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In the interbank market the Bank of Japan repeatedly has had to supply funds to keep afloat institutions with deficits.

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In extending by a year and broadening to other credit providers its scheme to supply cheap funds to banks - the Funding for Lending Scheme - the Bank of England is introducing a new incentive for small business lending.

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