By contrast, only 10% of the 2012 demand growth occurred in the fourth quarter.
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With these assumptions, annual oil demand growth should average 1.2 millions barrels per day through 2016.
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The supply and demand curves are well known and supply growth exceeded demand growth.
China and India -- Will remain the predominant sources of global energy demand growth.
Typically, oil prices slump once production capacity starts to grow rapidly and outstrip demand growth.
Sluggish world demand growth, coupled with expanding supply, suggests that prices will, at best, remain flat.
Today, that figure has dropped to 50 percent as the demand growth has shifted to emerging markets.
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Beyond rapid demand growth, government controls and lack of space means supply will continue to be limited.
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Equity prices have fallen, and the further tightening in credit conditions will also weigh on domestic demand growth.
Figure 2 shows unit demand growth and contraction trends for various HDD applications from 2008 projected through 2012.
This is equivalent to all of the demand growth for gasoline in the U.S. over the past eight years.
Meanwhile, global economic growth, especially in China and India, will sustain demand growth.
The firm forecasts global base metals demand growth will rise 5-6% in 2013.
Meanwhile, oil consumption stands to increase with the rapid demand growth from the developing world, driving prices up a lot.
Price controls, demand growth and a drought-induced decline in hydropower production are among the many culprits contributing to this problem.
Most of the demand growth will come from natural gas-fired power plants, which emit 60% less carbon than coal burners.
As such, light vehicles will provide the base and platinum group metals markets with a solid source of demand growth.
Still, forward-looking corporate and sovereign statements point to demand growth in the second half, although summer power shortages are a risk.
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Wilson projected that global demand growth will average 7.6% annually from 2010 to 2105 compared to 5.5% over the last decade.
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Even as weak commodity prices depress export prices, sluggish demand growth in the rich world may limit emerging economies' export volumes.
The cartel has not invested enough to keep pace with demand growth, so the world is virtually out of spare capacity.
But, while employment growth needs adequate aggregate demand growth to spur the demand for labor, the supply of labor is also important.
Even assuming robust domestic demand growth and limited future discoveries, Israel will enjoy a large supply buffer once current reserves are developed.
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This would be an awkward time for smartphone demand growth to slip.
While demand growth in OECD countries is underwhelming, consumption rates have recovered from recession lows at a much faster rate than many expected.
But not even plastering the Outer Banks with windmills could meet demand growth of 1.6% a year in Duke's largest market, the Carolinas.
Lehman estimates those will add 1.3 million barrels a day of capacity, compared with expected global demand growth of 900, 000 barrels a day.
Alternative beverage categories like sports drinks, energy drinks, fruit juices, enhanced water and ready-to-drink coffee have witnessed significant demand growth as a result.
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Oil prices could peak in the near term as high prices put a check on demand growth and supply continues to be constrained.
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Several resource-sector shares fell, amid uncertainty over Chinese demand growth and after a firm U.S. dollar pressured commodity prices in New York Wednesday.
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