So its ability to meet new challenges has been limited by shortfalls both in resources and experience.
Not surprisingly, Asian banks, especially Chinese banks, moved to limit the shortfall.
To date, some studies of renal biomarkers have been limited by methodological shortfalls (the methods used for measuring renal progression, the large number of biomarkers studied and the exclusion of certain groups of patients).
There have been a number of biomarker studies aiming to identify non-traditional risk factors; however these have been limited by methodological shortfalls such as small study size, short follow up periods and the failure to measure the proposed biomarker at multiple time-points.
He said the underlying improvement in February was undermined by comparison with February 2013, when the shortfall was limited by a £2.3bn transfer from the sale of 4G mobile phone licences.
Tribune, which is based in Chicago, said the ad shortfall was limited to only a few newspapers, including The Times, but it planned to reduce staff, conserve newsprint and cut spending across all its publishing departments.
The European Commission says governments should lay out plans later this year to explain how they plan to limit the spending shortfall and start paying off debt.
Coming, as it does, after a decade of steady economic growth, the shortfall limits the scope for budgetary stimulus to offset an economic downturn now.The first of the two fiscal rules, adopted by Gordon Brown when he became chancellor of the exchequer in 1997, is that the government should borrow only to invest.
Access can be limited by either a local shortfall in production or an increase in prices.
Consumer protection shortfalls are not limited to messy mortgages.
Capacity for essential surgery and anaesthesia services is severely limited in PNG due to shortfalls in physical infrastructure, human resources, and basic equipment and supplies.
