Sentences with phrase «scarce supplies of»

The fleet of reactors in Japan could come back online anytime, and when it does, the price of relatively scarce supplies of yellowcake will probably rise.

In many of our cities there is already competition for space, with high demand for both commercial and residential property and a scarce supply of land leading to rising prices.

«Our research indicates that highlighting abundance — presenting abundant rather than scarce supply of the available items, for example — could backfire, leading the designers or consumers in a focus group to be less creative.

Not exact matches

If you just charge people a lower price when there's a lot of wind and sun (when the supply of electricity is abundant and cheap) and a higher price at times when there's not, they'll reduce consumption when electricity is scarce.

SCARCE supply and growing demand from the resources sector have helped push Perth's hotels market to the top of the class, with the Western Australian capital outperforming all major Australian cities over 2011, according to new research.

Before 2008, bank reserves were scarce, and the Federal Reserve influenced overnight interest rates by making small adjustments in the supply of reserves.

Over centuries, we have learnt that a reliable «store of value» and a «medium of exchange» must be scarce, difficult to procure, with a predictable supply.

It is also worth noting that austerity has constricted both the supply and liquidity of bonds, making them scarce in a time of high demand.

Unlike traditional fiat currency where money can be printed over and over, Bitcoin has a controlled and predetermined supply, making bitcoins scarce, similar to the properties of gold.

Zimbabwe has even banned the import of fruits and fresh vegetables, saying this is wasting scarce foreign currency resources although local producers warn that this may lead to shortages of apples and pears among other fruits that are in short supply locally

So aside from the fact that the gold sector has started a new cycle, the fundamental scarce nature of gold and the fact that it will become more difficult to access a steady supply in coming years, argues a compelling case for gold exposure now.

Now comes even worse news: global supplies of the brown stuff are becoming increasingly scarce, according to one report.

It is mind - boggling to imagine the implication of finally having a store of value that is also strictly scarce, like human time, with no possibility for increased supply devaluing the value stored inside it.

In simplest terms, the law of supply and demand states that when an item is scarce, but many people want it, the...

The diamond industry is a classic example of a market where demand is high, but supply is made artificially scarce by companies selling fewer diamonds in order to keep prices high.

Q.: William and Paul Paddock, in their book Famine — 1975, maintain that the problem of allocating scarce medical supplies during emergencies and the problem of allocating scarce food supplies during a time of world famine are similar.

The Club of Rome report shows a future in which food, energy supplies, capital goods and mineral ores grow increasingly scarce.

With the emergence of the nation state, monetary systems and policies were developed based on the notion of a scarce money supply linked to gold and silver, the value of which was controlled by the nation.

The study of supply and demand in markets and how they allocate scarce resources.

«The mill helps us control and ensure we have a continuous supply of a scarce resource,» he explains.

During the Revolutionary War, the demand for coffee increased so much that dealers had to hoard their scarce supplies and raise prices dramatically; this was also due to the reduced availability of tea from British merchants, and a general resolution among many Americans to avoid drinking tea following the 1773 Boston Tea Party.

The first year is often a time of chaos and exhaustion for parents of multiples, with sleep a scarce commodity and dirty diapers in plentiful supply!

Scarce cash for imports is one important incentive for diversifying the economy and to increase the domestic supply of goods, including in agriculture and manufacturing.

The governor said President Buhari was applying his 1984 failed economic policy in which prices of goods were fixed not minding the cost of supply, such that essential commodities like milk and sugar became scarce and Nigerians were made to line up under the sun to buy rationed commodities.

Stores sold out of their stock in hours, and in some cities, the scarce supplies led to nylon riots, full - scale brawls among shoppers.

The hawksbill turtle, that unhappy supplier of the shell used to fashion combs, was becoming scarcer.

Absent a policy, the principal investigator?s decision - making may rest on allocating scarce research funds either to the cost of research supplies or a postdoc?s benefits.

According to the report, with little arable land and scarce water supplies, the region is one of the top food importers in the world.

Under the pressure of natural selection to make the best use of scarce energy supplies, our species gave higher priority to growing and reproducing than to living forever.

From indium touchscreens to hafnium - equipped moonships, the nether regions of the periodic table underpin modern technology — but supplies are getting scarce

Without policies to allocate finite supplies of water more efficiently, control the burgeoning demand for water and reduce wastage, water stress will intensify where water is already scarce and spread to regions of the world — with impacts on economic growth and the development of water - stressed nations.»

The initiative allowed stakeholders at all levels of the food supply chain to exchange ideas and increase awareness of water as a scarce resource12.

The method would still suffice for uranium, but supplies of that were always going to be scarce.

Sure, details of supply and demand will affect the employment market — in some years, jobs will be abundant; in others, they will be scarce — but the demand for more and better stuff will never fade.

All the pharmaceutical companies are reporting difficulties that will surely mean the date of availability will be pushed back, and there will be scarce supplies.

The hope has been to get these stem cells to turn into beta cells and thereby furnish an ample supply of the scarce tissue.

Then they made the numbers even more scarce by splitting them up into smaller supplies, each of which could be used only for a particular operation, such as adding two numbers.

However, cancer cells often invade other tissues where the availability of certain nutrients is drastically different or grow so quickly that the blood supply, and the accessibility to oxygen and other nutrients that comes with it, becomes scarce.

If you don't have enough time to sunbathe or sunny days are rather scarce where you live, eggs can be a convenient way to supply your organism with a decent amount of vitamin D.

Skinny thighs in the past were a serious liability, serving only to increase the risk of death when food supplies became scarce.

In countries like India, where most retail stores are located in the heart of the city where rents are high and storage space is scarce supply chain management has even more serious business implications.

«Imagine you are looking for a new Maths teacher for your school knowing that this type of professional is in scarce supply.

In any line of work, those with the skills and stamina to tackle demanding leadership roles are in scarce supply.

In recent decades, public - private partnerships (PPPs) and private providers have emerged as major forces in education in the less - developed and developing worlds, often supplying the lion's share of education services where scarce resources have crippled state - run schooling.

If you train a different lens upon all this, however, you realize that you're looking at a badly messed - up system, one that privileges some kids over others, that extends rights to some citizens that others don't have, that invites finagling by both seekers and suppliers of educational services (and countless intermediaries), and that ends up being costlier than it needs to be, not to mention sitting substantially beyond the reach of policymakers seeking to apportion scarce education dollars across multiple legitimate causes, needs, and priorities.

totally green transportation, and when the oil supply starts getting scarce you'll be one of the last ones standing.

This feature makes it attractive to many corporate treasurers, who can use forward contracts to lock in a profit margin, lock in an interest rate, assist in cash planning, or ensure supply of a scarce resources.

Resources were already scarce, and the hurricane made it nearly impossible for shipments of life - saving pet food and supplies to reach the island.

Also, in the case of the Halo games, the enemy AI acts «smarter» on higher difficulty levels, whereas some games simply alter some variables, making supplies less scarce and enemy health levels higher.

Sadly, due to the weak performance of the Western release of Dragon Quest 4 [$ 14.99] on the DS, Dragon Quest 5 was produced in very limited supplies, making it pretty scarce for a long period after its release.