1. Increased supplies are needed to meet the level of demand. 2. This, like the first effect, will lead to an increased demand for foreign assets and thus an increased supply of pounds on the foreign exchange market. 3. Also, the amount of acreage devoted to vineyards in this country and around the world has proliferated during the past decade, leading to an increased supply. 4. Among stocks that fell, disk-drive makers lost the most on fears that increased supply will drive down prices. 5. Analysts offered several explanations for the drop, including concern about increased supplies of oil from the Middle East, which would curtail drilling activity elsewhere. 6. And as increased supplies flowed into the market, prices would begin to fall. 7. Analysts said investors were holding off taking positions in the stock until they saw whether Ciena would be pushed lower by the increased supply of shares. 8. Because the increase was smaller than the million barrels that had been expected, the price of oil actually rose on news of the increased supply. 9. A drop prices because of low demand could be exacerbated by increased supply if ranchers sell some of their herd for slaughter in the face of soaring grain prices. 10. But in the United States and Western Europe there is no sign yet of an increased supply. |