1.   Second, the Bank can, by refusing to relieve market shortages through bill operations, force the discount houses to borrow from it.

2.   Thus all banks which find themselves illiquid will naturally seek to relieve the shortage by offering to sell securities to the discount houses.

3.   This is an exceptional facility and most shortages are relieved by outright purchases by the Bank, against same-day settlement.

4.   But rather than applaud this attempt to relieve labor shortages, many technology-driven companies will be disappointed.

5.   Crude oil and gasoline futures were little changed as an unexpected decline in U.S. gasoline inventories was offset by expectations additional domestic production will relieve shortages, traders said.

6.   Customers and manufacturers are counting on expansions at the major manufacturers to eventually relieve the shortage.

7.   Failing to relieve the shortage would be a strategic mistake, many experts say.

8.   Finally, visa opponents insist the job market is changing enough to relieve labor shortages without more foreign help.

9.   Imported coffee from Latin America is helping relieve a shortage of the milder arabica coffee preferred by many U.S. consumers.