Copper prices should also outperform the rest of the base metals complex because of the tight supply situation.
Tight supply and strong demand have boosted companywide sales an average of 19% a year for the past three years.
The combination of tight supply, dodgy municipal distribution and regulatory uncertainty should power sales of private generators for some time.
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Resch says that even if the new credits were passed today, solar panels in the U.S. will be in tight supply.
In response to the tight supply, Lim recently announced plans to buy a latex-concentrate plant in Thailand and is building another.
The company sees impact in PSG and other hardware segments from a tight supply of disk drives due to the flooding in Thailand.
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The result is tight supply, which means that Long Island real estate, like that in other Northeastern and coastal California metros, is expensive.
That's supposed to make more energy happen within the U.S. borders, eventually lowering prices and providing more breathing room in times of tight supply.
Adding to the tight supply have been strong rentals at two big buildings that have sold out their supply of the most affordable apartments.
Rents for grade A office buildings has been on the rise due to tight supply and good demand, according to a report by brokerage DTZ.
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Shuji Minami -- the product business group's general manager -- is suggesting that increased production by alternative manufacturers will open up the currently tight supply line.
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Beef processor IBP (nyse: IBP - news - people) says slowing sales of beef and tight supply conditions in livestock markets are hurting its sales.
Tight supply promises to keep oil prices relatively resilient in 2012, even if world GDP actually contracted, so say a handful of industry analysts at Barclays Capital in London.
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Still, while rising demand for oil should be a cause of concern long-term, economists say the current spike in U.S. gas prices is just that--a spike caused by unusually tight supply.
The IMF said there was an increasing risk of a property bubble due to an abundance of global liquidity, record-low interest rates and an unusually tight supply of new housing in Hong Kong.
Crop prices may have fallen from recent peaks but agricultural nutrients and grains remain strongly priced and in tight supply, which means that the staggering growth of Agrium's second quarter is expected to continue.
Meanwhile, amid continuing economic and political uncertainty, local governments have been reluctant to start capital projects, and this combination of increased demand from investors and tight supply due to fewer issues drove muni prices higher.
Its profits aren't expected to be as strong next quarter because of the seasonal demand for natural gas and softer crude oil prices, but analysts say oil and gas price fluctuations will not be drastic because of tight supply and strong demand.
Third quarter is usually the seasonally weak month but crop nutrient prices remained firm during the summer months because of a tight global supply and strong restocking demand in the northern hemisphere.
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Volume and price rise and fall together, a consequence of tight or loose supply, like oil.
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The lead-time associated with upside in the semiconductor world is huge, sometimes as long as 26 weeks (supply is tight right now so this rule is in effect and Apple had major supply problems with the iPhone 4 and iPad).
Fundamentals are the driving factor this time: supply is tight and demand is growing.
When supply is tight, a small increase in demand can have a disproportionately large effect on price.
"Regardless of recent crop price declines from record highs, nutrient prices remain very strong and supply remains tight, " Downey said.
America's labour market remains tight and money-supply growth has been worryingly rapid.
The research firm now sees PC units up 5% in 2012, down from a previous forecast of 10.1%, reflecting not only the weak economy but also the impact of tight disk-drive supply due to the floods in Thailand.
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Yet tight controls on the money supply have kept inflationary pressure lower than feared.
The ease in prices stemmed from new government data showing supply, while tight, isn't stretched as thin as initially expected.
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