1.  Loanable funds were not in total short supply, but the same growing and diversifying economy which could provide them also created competition from private borrowers and investors.

2.  This occurs when the total demand for all goods and services is equal to the total supply of these goods and services.

3.  Noncarbon energy sources such as hydroelectric, solar and nuclear energy will have to provide much more of the total supply.

4.  To make matters worse, the total supply of butter is down this time of year because milk production tails off.

5.  Total available supply of gold is actually rising.

6.  About two-thirds of the total floral supply is now imported, according to the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture.

7.  Unleaded gasoline and crude futures also fell as inventory data showed total supplies for each had approached or overtaken year-ago levels.

8.  Japan is also the top importer of oil from UAE, receiving nearly a quarter of its total crude supplies.