oversupply

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The companies are subject to the whims of the government and have a habit of overproducing, leading to oversupply and falling profits.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Additionally, HDD makers face less of an oversupply risk than memory companies, which are now slowly adding capacity to address shortages after having been reluctant to do so, Woodring noted.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Downtown has suffered from an oversupply of office space since a building spree in the 1980s and early 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

But experts have suggested that such rapid growth also led to lower teaching quality and an oversupply of graduates in the job market.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The economic position of most of the intelligentsia, however, was very precarious because there was an oversupply of graduates for whom government employment was virtually the only outlet.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.