That points to a jobs crisis of an entirely different nature: A woefully inadequate supply of STEM graduates to meet the current demand for engineers and scientists.

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If it wasn't tragic it might be comic, that there is so little consensus among politicians, bankers and economists about whether the weakness in the economy stems more from inadequate supply or weak demand.

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"An inadequate energy supply will increase the cost of doing business for every company in America, " DeLay said.

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They point out that diarrhea is sometimes caused by inadequate refrigeration of the food supply, which it sometimes is, and that increased temperatures will lead to more of this problem.

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The Dakar Conference will just be another talking shop if governments are allowed to give lame excuses about shortcomings in girls education, run-down schools, inadequate teaching-learning aids, poor teacher supply, and funding.

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Recent declines in output in both Japan and Germany are largely due to inadequate demand caused by overly tight monetary policy, and not to supply-side constraints imposed by the failings of their models.

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Many Conservatives on the right of the party argue the government's pro-growth initiatives are inadequate and that changes to the labour market, tax cuts and other "supply side" measures needed to boost competitiveness are being held back by the Lib Dems.

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If demand for a particular good or service is inadequate, then the price of that good or service will fall until demand equals supply.

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But the international supply of two key reserve assets gold and the U.S. dollar proved inadequate for supporting the expansion of world trade and financial development that was taking place.

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