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shortages
In economics, a shortage or excess demand is a situation in which the demand for a product or service exceeds its supply in a market. It is the opposite of an excess supply (surplus).
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of SHORTAGES in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of SHORTAGES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of SHORTAGES in a Sentence
The first few weeks of June have brought unprecedented weather to our largest hubs, heavily impacting our operation and causing delays, canceled flights and disruptions to crew member schedules and our customers' plans, that, combined with the labor shortages some of our vendors are contending with and the incredibly quick ramp up of customer demand, has led us to build in additional resilience and certainty to our operation by adjusting a fraction of our scheduled flying through mid-July.
Retail is full, i don't anticipate any real shortages for the consumer.
There are problems in the supply chain all along that chain. The simple issue is demand, there are shortages of PPE, shortages of ventilators and other products for the medical response to Covid. We also have to avoid shortages in other medical supplies, as supply chains come under strain.
In Nigeria, economic activity is now projected to contract in 2016, as the economy adjusts to foreign currency shortages as a result of lower oil receipts, low power generation, and weak investor confidence.
While we can't actually prove how the extreme weather and resulting crop failures, food shortages and epidemic disease contributed to the downfall of Roman Republic 2,000 years ago, it seems only logical that it must have played a significant role.
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