China may be turning from a labor surplus to a labor shortage economy.
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Two Indian states formally declared rain-deprived areas to be in drought, and Parliament is likely to take additional steps to mitigate the impact of the monsoon-rain shortage on the broader economy.
Chile, with little oil and gas, faces an energy shortage, especially if the economy continues to grow by 6% a year.
Perhaps it has something to do with the changing nature of the economy and consequent shortage of low-skilled jobs, or the long crumbling of family structures and discipline.
Many small firms, already struggling with high interest rates, a skills shortage, crime and a stagnant economy may go bankrupt.
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There's no shortage of liquidity to fuel the economy--and the stock market.
The reason any of this matters is that what is being sold is largely a small-business bank - almost two-thirds of its loans are to businesses, especially smaller ones - and right now one of the alleged great scandals of the British economy is the great shortage of choice for small businesses in the provision of vital finance.
In the long-term, a labor shortage is good news for the Chinese economy, as it will induce Chinese companies to innovate.
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Longer stoppages would be even more expensive, as more and more parts of the economy were touched by a shortage of materials.
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Extra saving does nothing to boost demand in an economy that is suffering from a shortage of it.
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The collapse of the financial sector could cost the country up to 18% of GDP while a shortage of credit will damage the rest of the economy, creating fresh losses for banks and raising doubts about debt sustainability even if a deal with the euro zone is agreed.
For them, the shortage of credit is not the underlying reason why the UK economy can't wake from its torpor (although the the credit crunch sent the economy into its torpor five years ago).
It is reported that around half of all university under-graduates fail to complete their courses, and a serious skills shortage in the country continues to hold back the growth of the economy.
These politicians have no shortage of evidence that America's poor educational performance is weakening its economy.
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It matters, therefore, whether this is a short-term blip - due to labour-hoarding by employers, for example, coupled with a shortage of demand - or whether something more fundamental has been happening to the "supply side" of our economy, which is systematically preventing us from growing out of the crisis as quickly as we had hoped.
Whatever power structure emerges, Yemen's next leaders will face daunting tasks as they inherit a state where oil revenues have declined and the economy is in ruins, where poverty is endemic and a young and rapidly growing population faces a chronic shortage of water.
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