1. Later this month, federal authorities are expected to announce plans to reduce their supplies of water to farmers by three-quarters. 2. The mill closures will reduce lumber supplies, since lumber and wood chips are usually made at the same time. 3. The pollution of lakes and rivers has reduced the supply of freshwater fish. 4. Therefore, an increase in, say, sales or property taxes will increase costs and reduce supply. 5. This reduces the supply of labour in the UK to SUK-m, the supply of labour in the UK minus migrants. 6. The fall in the real wage rate to raises the demand for labour to and reduces the supply of labour to. 7. In these circumstances, raising interest rates reduces the supply of money. 8. Will this restoration of liquidity by the Bank of England totally nullify the initial effect of reducing the supply of cash? 9. Higher interest rates, by reducing the demand for money, effectively also reduce the supply. 10. Also, some traders expect that feedlot operators, faced with surging prices for young animals and tight margins, could slow their expansion, reducing supplies. |