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Meat prices are down, with surpluses lingering

by Erika Beras
Sep 21, 2020
Production levels are back to normal, but there's more meat than the industry can push through the supply chain.
A man shops in the meat section of a Washington, D.C., grocery store in April. Meat supply and demand has been up and down during the pandemic.
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Want to understand the laws of supply and demand? Watch the dairy industry

by Justin Ho
Aug 6, 2020
Milk prices have been volatile with the trade war and now the coronavirus pandemic, and dairy farmers are stretched thin.
A Wisconsin dairy farmer moves her cows into a barn. Her industry has been whipsawed by milk prices.
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Changes in demand and disrupted supply chains feed into shortages at the store

by Andy Uhler
Apr 13, 2020
They're about supply chains.
Empty shelves have become a common sight at grocery stores across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Oil companies may be able to solve supply, but what about demand?

by Andy Uhler
Jan 30, 2020
“There’s alternate sources of oil supply in the market but no alternate sources of demand growth,” one analyst said.
Oil prices Monday crashed the most since 1991.
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Competition propels global airlines into smaller cities

by Adrian Ma
Nov 21, 2018
Seeking less competition, global airlines are opening stops in smaller cities. But can the new routes survive?
A scene from a WOW air promotional video commemorating the start of service to/from Cleveland Hopkins Airport this past May. Less than six months later, WOW air announced that it was pulling out of Cleveland. 
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Why big companies are buying up their own stocks

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 7, 2018
Buybacks among S&P 500 companies are projected to hit $1 trillion this year.
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Artificial demand is driving the electric vehicle market in China

by Molly Wood and Jennifer Pak
Jan 10, 2018
The cars are roughly the same price of regular autos, but not everyone can drive one.
A man walks past electric cars and tricycles on a sidewalk in Beijing in 2017.
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Bottlenecks in economy can mean companies turn away business

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 4, 2018
With growing labor shortages in some industries, companies may have to limit their growth.
In an increasingly tight labor market, Cup & Saucer Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is always looking to hire new wait staff. The manager of this location — one of three in the city — said skilled short-order cooks are in especially short supply these days.
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