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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
I know it seems weird, but we've got to get control of the spread of the virus so that people can go back to spending their money on services and there will be less emphasis in demand for physical goods and cars and computers and all of the stuff that are experiencing the supply shortages.
This won't be anywhere near as severe or as persistent as in the 1970s, but for the next six months, the worsening product and labor shortages will put the brakes on the economic recovery at the same time as higher energy prices drive up CPI inflation from 3.2 % in August to a peak of around 5.0 % in April next year.
Water shortages are manmade, we don’t send the right signal to indicate how valuable it is, and we don’t make it easy to move water from one use to the other.
The services will be much worse, there are shortages of water and you can see the roads.
Everybody can see it. People are leaving Russia. You can't get money. There's no there are shortages of goods in the stores. Everyone can see what's going on, and they know that this is a disaster for Russia.
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