In economics, a shortage or excess demand is a situation in which the demand for a product or service exceeds its supply in a market. It is the opposite...

Food shortage or food scarcity may refer to: Famine, extreme scarcity of food Food security, or lack thereof Economic shortage, demand for a product or...

A nursing shortage occurs when the demand for nursing professionals, such as Registered Nurses (RNs), exceeds the supply locally—within a healthcare facility—nationally...

Artificial scarcity is scarcity of items despite the technology for production or the sufficient capacity for sharing. The most common causes are monopoly...

"Shortage economy" (Polish: gospodarka niedoboru, Hungarian: hiánygazdaság) is a term coined by Hungarian economist János Kornai, who used this term to...

The 2020–2023 global chip shortage was a worldwide chip shortage affecting more than 169 industries. The crisis led to major price increases, long queues...

In 2022, the United States experienced a severe shortage of infant formula as a result of the 2021–2022 global supply chain crisis compounded by a large...

An energy crisis or energy shortage is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In literature, it often refers to one...

Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic are pandemic-related disruptions to goods production and distribution, insufficient inventories, and disruptions...

exceeds its supply in a market. Shortage may also refer to: Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic Shortage economy Shortages in Venezuela This disambiguation...

restriction in blood supply to any tissue, muscle group, or organ, causing a shortage of oxygen. Ischemia is generally caused by problems with blood vessels...

housing shortage,: 3  such that by 2018, California ranked 49th among the states of the U.S. in terms of housing units per resident.: 1  This shortage has...

Russia, and the US state of Wyoming, but they were not expected to ease the shortage. In 2013, Qatar started up the world's largest helium unit, although the...

Vegetable shortage in spring...

the Catholic Church, a phenomenon considered by many to constitute a "shortage" in the number of priests. From 1980 to 2012, the ratio of Catholics per...

A chip shortage, also referred to as semiconductor shortage or chip famine, is a phenomenon in the integrated circuit (chip) industry when demand for silicon...

scarcity". FAO defines water stress as the "symptoms of water scarcity or shortage". Such symptoms could be "growing conflict between users, and competition...

substantially different meanings. A prominent current use, for example, refers to shortages of available housing in the United States and other countries, but it...

Shortages in Venezuela of food staples and basic necessities occurred throughout Venezuela's history. Scarcity became more widespread following the enactment...

Concerns of both a current and future shortage of medical doctors due to the supply and demand for physicians in the United States have come from multiple...

The 2020–present United States ammunition shortage is the most recent of all the ammunition shortages in the United States. It arose out of the COVID-19...

There has been a nursing shortage in Canada for decades. This became more acute in the period between 1943 and 1952 as Canada's health services were expanding...

the shortage a "housing crisis", and news reports stated that addressing the shortage was the mayor's "top priority". The Bay Area's housing shortage is...

Transport Association also raised concerns about a shortage of DEF in the country due to the shortage of urea in China. China capped exports to protect...

Internet users, always-on devices, and mobile devices. The anticipated shortage has been the driving factor in creating and adopting several new technologies...

The 2008–2016 United States ammunition shortage was a shortage of civilian small arms ammunition in the United States that started in late 2008, and continued...

barrel ($248/m3). The sudden increase in price was connected with fuel shortages and long lines at gas stations similar to the 1973 oil crisis. In 1980...

recession since the Great Depression. Widespread supply shortages, including food shortages, were caused by supply chain disruptions and panic buying...

characterized by an increased reliance on drones and missiles amid an increasing shortage of Ukrainian artillery ammunition and tanks. Ukraine claimed that Russian...

briefing discussing the shortage of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers. Some analysts and politicians linked the driver shortage to Brexit, whilst others...