What would have been the impact on commodity prices and the foreign exchange value of the dollar if the Fed had increased the money supply by a factor of eight (rather than a factor of three) in a bit more than four years?

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At present, solar panel production capacity exceeds supply by a factor of two to one, and prices have fallen by two-thirds over the past two years.

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On the contrary, current policies are a clear contributing factor to the short supply of organ donors.

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The graduate of the Harvard Business School reckons she can make a reasonable annual return of between 6% and 11%, when you factor in the rising demand for the short supply of farmland together with the annual cash flow of the farms.

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The staggered LTE offerings by U.S. carriers are another factor affecting the supply-side of the equation.

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The rise appears to be the result of traders continuing to factor in ongoing supply concerns rather than any fresh breaking news, said Jim Steel, precious-metals analyst with HSBC.

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The biggest factor here was the ongoing dearth of new-issue supply.

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