1.   This drives up share prices.

2.   Higher rates of discount on bills would in turn drive up interest rates on other types of borrowing and lending that compete with bills.

3.   Banks would then divert assets from advances to call money, which would create a shortage of money for advances and drive up their rate of interest.

4.   All this drives up the cost of care at teaching hospitals, a fact recognized by the federal government which has subsidized them through Medicare funding streams.

5.   Among its lobbying goals are preservation of the home mortgage interest deduction and reducing environmental and other regulations that can drive up construction costs, Ellingsworth said.

6.   And buying assets would drive up the price of stocks and other forms of wealth, another good way to generate consumer spending.

7.   And he said item pricing takes personnel away from customer service functions and drives up retail costs as well as prices.

8.   And was attempting to obtain a Costa Rican visa for the pitcher, which would allow Hernandez to declare himself a free agent and drive up his market value.

9.   Big deficits drive up interest rates as government borrowing uses up the supply of cash available for lending.

10.   Big business interests say disparities in property valuations drive up their tax bills while subsidizing the low taxes on homeowners.