Copper should benefit not just from rising demand, but also
from tightening supply.
We can expect to see more gradual gains going forward as challenges related to increased demand kick in — including everything
from tightened supplies of developable lots and skilled labor to the rising cost of building materials.
Not exact matches
Investors were concerned rising
supply from the U.S. and other nations threatened to undermine efforts by OPEC and other producers to
tighten the market.
According to Yamaguchi, «There is pressure for
tightening from both the demand and
supply sides, as the aging population dampens labor
supply, at the same time that it gives rise to labor demand for stable growth in healthcare and social welfare employment.»
Instead of increasing or reducing the availability of credit by adding to or subtracting
from the
supply of Fed deposit balances, the Fed now loosens or
tightens credit by controlling financial institutions» demand for such balances using a pair of new monetary control devices.
* Market expects U.S. to re-impose sanctions against Iran * Plunging Venezuelan output further
tightens markets * But soaring U.S. crude production holds back marketBy Henning GloysteinSINGAPORE, April 26 (Reuters)- Oil prices rose on Thursday, lifted by concerns over
supply disruptions in Venezuela and theMiddle East as well as by strong demand.Brent crude oil futures were at 74.44 per barrel at0105 GMT, up 44 cents, or 0.6 percent,
from their last close.U.S.
The key takeaway
from the report is that it continues to underscore a condition of
tightening supply in the labor market.
A new white paper
from Ishida Europe explains how increased automation and in - line processing can help poultry
suppliers improve profitability at a time when margins are continually being squeezed and quality and safety standards further
tightened.
Due to CBN's fixation with fixing exchange rates at a subsidized rate, it had to
tighten money
supply leading to a high monetary policy rate of 14 % with other interest rates following
from that high base.
Analysts blamed the price hikes on damage
from the 2005 hurricanes, continued turmoil in the Middle East, and jitters over
tightening supplies from Venezuela to Iran.
The reasons for those higher rates involve everything
from extraordinary fiscal stimulus via trillion dollar deficit spending, significant changes to the tax structure, an increase in Treasury bond
supply, central bank quantitative
tightening (QT), a decrease in Treasury bond demand
from other countries as well as inflationary pressures.
Nevertheless, global demand is now expected to grow slightly faster than
supply capacity, causing the market to gradually
tighten and the «call on OPEC and stocks change» to rise
from 2016 onwards.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration knows about the widespread contamination of Chinese shrimp and other seafoods, and in 2006 it
tightened the regulations surrounding imports
from China; but then it became evident that Chinese
suppliers were simply transferring their seafood to Malaysia in order to hide their true origin.
«Builders are reporting increasing demand for new homes as inventories of foreclosed and distressed properties begin to shrink in markets across the country,» says NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg, a home builder
from Gainesville, Fla. «In view of the
tightening supply and other improving conditions, many potential buyers who were on the fence are now motivated to move forward with a purchase in order to take advantage of today's favorable prices and interest rates.»
An additional 12 markets mentioned in the report have recovered
from the recession, but are just now heading toward expansion, and are classified as being in the «recovery» phase, characterized by
tightening market conditions and a shift in the
supply / demand balance leading to reduced vacancy rates, more balanced rental growth and a stabilization of overall cap rates.
«Housing affordability is being negatively affected by a «perfect storm» scenario,» observed NAHB Chairman Rick Judson, a home builder
from Charlotte, N.C. «With markets across the country recovering, home values are strengthening at the same time that the cost of building homes is rising due to
tightened supplies of building materials, developable lots and labor.»
Los Angeles is up 11 places in the firm's ranking
from one year ago based on a forecast for further
tightening in apartment vacancy and minimal
supply growth.