For technical reasons, oil markets are very sensitive to small shifts in supply.

This means that small differences in price can lead to major shifts in supply sources.

There's been a clear shift in supply of lending - eg mortgages.

The doubling of rice prices cannot therefore be explained by a sudden shift in supply and demand.

Perhaps more significant than either interest rates or Web use, however, is the shift in supply and demand that has changed the way these shares trade.

At the same time, many farmers also died from the plague, so that the labor force declined; this shift in supply of workers increased wages.

Demand is highly price-sensitive, leaving the industry open to wide price swings in response to shifts in supply.

• In the case of large unforeseen shifts in supply or demand, inflation may temporarily move outside the target range.

Reflecting the resultant shift in supply accessibility, neighboring Westcoast has a +20%/0% tolerance in effect.

This shift in supply and demand is not incorporated into the above example, for simplicity and because these effects are different for every type of good.

The main focus of the analysis is two scenarios where we simulate a shift in supply by reducing the area available for production in these countries/regions:

As the supply cushion for any commodity shrinks, small shifts in supply or demand generate relatively large swings in the global price.

In the short-run, high profits imply a shift in supply or demand that competitive markets react to, indeed must erode for long-term efficiency.

The usual approach is to study shifts in supply, demand and inventories – the big rally was caused by Asian growth, and perhaps by dwindling supplies.

If capital markets are imperfect, they can cause shifts in supply, of exactly the sort described above, which magnify what may initially be relatively small shocks to economies.

Mr. Johnson of SmithKline described the shift in supply as "a business decision driven by the fact that this was a vague law and difficult to interpret."

Law enforcement authorities cautioned that the shifts in supply and price might be temporary, evidence of another periodic realignment of international trafficking networks with little long-lasting importance.

Shift in supply In the electricity sector I'd boil it down this way: "Here's the Fix: A Better Mix."

Collyns said higher commodity prices 'reflect primarily lasting shifts in supply and demand patterns' from increased biofuel production and higher standards of living in Asia. '

Although the company does have the flexibility to shift its purchases to other suppliers, the pace and operations ease of undertaking any material shift in supply source remains highly uncertain.

They too have seen a shift in supply from countries in the region such as India and Thailand to North America and Europe, law enforcement authorities there say.

The increase in cost leads to an upward shift in supply which results in a decline in livestock production and an increase in the prices of livestock products.

In partnership with FH Faulding and HSA, Defence will be at the forefront of the paradigm shift in supply chain management in the healthcare industry.

If commodity prices are being driven mainly by financial speculation and panic buying rather than a sudden shift in supply and demand, there are several reasons to believe that this trend may soon reverse.

The reason is that while state-controlled systems might be good at initially pulling a nation up by its bootstraps, they have failed to adapt to shifts in supply and demand, new technologies and changing circumstances.