U.K. MONEY MARKET OFFERED EARLY ASSISTANCE The Bank of England said it invited an early round of bill offers from discount houses after forecasting a shortage in the system of some 1.05 billion stg. Among the main factors affecting liquidity, bills maturing in official hands and treasury bill take-up will drain some 1.07 billion stg while exchequer transactions will take out around 335 mln stg and bankers' balances below target five mln stg. Partly offseting these outflows, a fall in note circulation will add some 355 mln stg to the system today.