Universities' uncertainty over applications and places has been compounded by concerns over demand from overseas students.
Palladium is likely to find a firmer footing as concerns over demand and China in particular subside.
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Conversely, price controls meant to keep the cost of goods higher than markets would allow create an excess of supply over demand.
Meanwhile, some are skeptical over the demand for 3-D and see it as a gimmick.
Many agree, including the Department of Health, that this argument over increased demand carries some weight.
Worries over slowing demand for luxury goods were heightened by a profits warning last month from handbag maker Mulberry.
Healthy early demand does not always translate to strong demand over time, though poor initial demand is difficult for vendors to recover from.
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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.
Talks with the troika appeared to have stalled over the demand that Greece cut private-sector wages as a step toward boosting the country's competitiveness and jump-starting its recession-ravaged economy.
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Health boards across Wales say that demand over the past few days has been exceptionally high.
Management believes world demand over the next decade or more will support 4 or more suppliers.
Electricity made up 85% of the growth in energy demand over the last 27 years.
The global economic downturn resulted in substantially lower end market demand over the past two years.
Rackspace has to commit to expansion, forecasting demand over two years in advance.
In the brave era of cloud computing, software is sold on a subscription basis and delivered on-demand over the Web.
He now says that the backdrop for both businesses is improving, and should drive strong demand over the next 12-18 months.
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It means we must continue to focus on a diversified portfolio of energy solutions to meet demand over the long term.
Ludlow Food Bank, already operated by volunteers, said it had seen a "dramatic" increase in demand over the last three years.
The spokeswoman said detailed plans had been made to ensure NHS Direct was prepared for the demand over the holiday break.
The company plans to run eight extra services from London to Paris and Brussels in response to passenger demand over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Second Harvest, the largest food-bank network in the country, says that about half its 183 food-distribution centers have reported increased demand over the past year.
The technology giant is boasting that "strong demand over the Black Friday weekend" helped the company get the Kinect gaming devices into millions of homes in just 25 days.
More important, both are enmeshed in the squabble over video on demand, or VOD, which allows customers to view a new, or barely used, film in the nest of their own home.
These are set to ensure a broad balance between overall supply and demand over the medium term (the next two years or so) thus keeping the economy on a path consistent with price stability.
This morning, as I noted in an earlier post, Citigroup downgraded shares of Nvidia (NVDA), at least in part in anticipation that expectations for 2011 tablet unit sales are at risk of over-estimating demand.
Others are expecting a pick-up in Chinese demand over the second quarter and there seems to be some evidence to support this given a recent uptick in spot orders, but the impact on pricing remains unclear.
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Currently, the iPad accounts for just under 12% of our price estimate for Apple, but if the nascent market sees an explosion in demand over the coming quarters, the iPad could command a bigger chunk of our estimate.
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Market demand will spill over to small retailers who cannot satisfy the demand for food products.
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Demand for data over cellular networks has been increasing, as has demand for new phones with bigger screens to see the data, said Marks.
Over the course of next 5 years, we expect Disney and other media companies to increasingly provide on-demand content over the internet, thus growing this lucrative revenue stream.
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