oversupply

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After an initial spike, milk price rises have eased in the last few years because of global oversupply.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Despite global shortages, U.S. natural gas producers face oversupply and insufficient pipeline capacity, leading to negative prices in Texas.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

The IEA has previously projected that global oil markets face a significant oversupply that could last until at least the end of the decade.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Downtown has suffered from an oversupply of office space since a building spree in the 1980s and early 1990s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Some great monuments still remain of their hydraulic engineering, such as extensive cisterns, solid dikes along the rivers to prevent overflow, tunnels to drain lakes during an oversupply, and, in some places, artificial cascades.

From The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West by Anderson, Robert Edward