oversupply
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Still, the market’s hesitation to price in oversupply seems justifiable, as it likely considers the current upswing in Middle East exports to be unsustainable, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“An uptick in the unemployment rate for workers with doctorate degrees may be tied to an oversupply of PhD graduates and a limited number of tenure-track professorships within institutions of higher education,” the report noted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Traditionally memory shortages don’t last forever, and memory companies want to get the benefits while they can before the cycle swings to oversupply again,” Gold said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
A previous helium oversupply, a partial production rebound in Qatar and industry efforts to shore up helium stockpiles have helped keep the substance available.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
He prevents much oversupply of materials and doesn't let us make our old blunders, which often caused tearing out and rebuilding.
From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Will N. (William Nathaniel) Harben
The Calgary-based company in 2009 spun off Cenovus Energy Inc. to focus on natural gas as prices for the resource began falling because of oversupplies generated by an onshore drilling boom in North America.
From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 10, 2011
However, farmers should stop worrying so much about price-deflating oversupplies of beef and other meats.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At the same time, the prices of Air Jordan 1s and Air Force 1s on the platform have recovered, a sign the market is no longer oversupplied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Oil markets tend to project forward, so an extended period of an oversupplied oil market, which assumes uninterrupted global oil flows, could push oil prices into the $60s,” said Thummel.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
For one, the markets were oversupplied in 2025, which resulted in fat stockpiles that are still relatively plentiful, albeit declining.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
It was too late for the oversupplied U.S. market, which went negative a week later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
The need for a medium of exchange is oversupplied.
From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
That is a sign that Asics isn’t oversupplying the market with its lifestyle sneakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But memory providers have been reluctant to add more capacity out of fear of oversupplying a typically cyclical market.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 27, 2026
But Steur’s lawyers said that the company began to intentionally oversaturate the market, oversupplying law enforcement.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2022
A more intense construction blitz also risks oversupplying the market.
From Reuters ● May 1, 2022
If the goal of graduate programs is to create highly trained scientists, then these programs are oversupplying the workforce by the hundreds of thousands.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
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