oversupply

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Compare this with San Francisco, where rents continue climbing thanks to a persistent undersupply of housing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

As Barron’s has written, the memory-chip business is historically cyclical, with periods of undersupply followed by oversupply, leading to a fall across the sector.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Balancing the two is critical in maintaining the health of the grid: Both undersupply and oversupply of electricity demand can cause power plants to fail, resulting in blackouts and repair challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Now Newman said that undersupply is further amplified, which could support higher average sales prices in the future.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026

It is reasoned that in spite of every effort of careful calculation of wage differentials, some danger of over or undersupply of certain kinds of labor will always be present.

From The Settlement of Wage Disputes by Feis, Herbert