excess demand
economic demand that exceeds supply
Norwegian butter crisis
Late 2011 shortage of butter in Norway
housing gap
condition where there is not enough housing to meet the community's needs
Fuel shortages in Venezuela
shortages of fuel due to the economic crisis in Venezuela
energy crisis
significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy
labor shortage
economically relevant shortage of qualified labour
labour shortage
economic condition in which employers find insufficient qualified candidates
Hungry gap
vegetable shortage in spring
supermarket shortage
shortage
food insecurity
low availability of nutritionally adequate foods; or inadequate chances to acquire acceptable foods properly
food crisis
a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, inflation, crop failure, population imbalance, or government policies
East German coffee crisis
Coffee shortage in East Germany
shortages in Venezuela
shortages of basic goods and others commodities due to the economic crisis in Venezuela
chip shortage
decrease in integrated circuit availability
ice famine
lack of commercial ice availability