There's a wheat shortage.

Gasoline is scarce around here.

Sure, women are awful scarce.

And it's getting scarcer in the world all the time.

Let's discuss scarcity as a system.

Most of the economic models are built around scarcity and growth.

Today, America is focused on unemployment and the deficit. Both threats to America s future can, in no small measure, be traced to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Today, America is focused on unemployment and the deficit.

Pass the payroll tax cut without delay.

The worry, however, is that politics and ideology on both sides of the Atlantic, but especially in the US, will not allow any of this to occur.

But Europe cannot be built on this democratic deficit.

Fixation on the deficit will induce cutbacks in social spending, worsening inequality.

The state is backing the Americans in their fight for independence,

To speak of a bilateral trust deficit might be an understatement.

MADRID For decades, critics of the European Union have spoken about a democratic deficit.

It was noted that the 300 million deficit did not take into account millions of dollars of unpaid tax refunds and pending earned income tax credits, which has been an outstanding issue in Guam.

But, while none is in short supply globally, local shortages may occur.

UNRWA reported a projected deficit of 11.1 million for 2005.

Palestinian net imports from Israel represent two thirds of the total trade deficit.

Poverty was extreme, malaria and child mortality were high, with medical supplies and clinics scarce.

America s current account balance the surplus of imports over exports is now in deficit to the tune of 3 of GDP.

Coming so shortly on the heels of the subprime crisis, the debate over the debt ceiling and the budget deficit is the last straw.

Leading Bush administration officials used to talk of the US current account deficit being a gift to the outside world.

By focusing on the budget deficit, it is chasing symptoms, not causes.

While veneer needed for LVL is currently in tight supply, this is expected to be a short term phenomenon.

In our view, the answer to this question can be found in the lack of political pragmatism and in a failure to understand realities.

The problem is that making it happen requires political will, which, unfortunately, seems in short supply.

If output grows above trend, the budget is in surplus if it grows below trend, the budget is in deficit.

Indeed, today's budget deficits reflect long term problems that are not what Keynesian theory envisions.

Essential for the maturation of red blood cells are Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) and Vitamin B9 (Folic acid).

With the current account deficit now exceeding 5 of GDP, US foreign debt is rising fast.

Who benefited from that fiasco? I've talked tonight about the deficit of trust between Main Street and Wall Street.

And domestic politics is being distorted by the inability of centrist politicians to address voters concerns about the eurozone s economic policies and its democratic deficit.

Notwithstanding fertiliser shortages, the greatest problem in the agricultural sector in 1994 was the supply of machinery, spare parts and fuel.

Establishing such a mechanism will not be easy, as it requires a resource that is in short supply in Europe today trust.

Chapter III discusses financial and budgetary issues and refers to the financial shortfall facing the Agency for the second year.

It is time for a change in how the European Commission thinks, for less of an obsession with deficits and more attention to government spending.

The ensuing loss of competitiveness manifested itself in large and growing current account deficits and slowing growth.

More advanced technologies may make the situation worse, as many require rare minerals, which are also approaching limits.

When food is scarce, they divert nutrients towards the really critical organ, the brain, and away from other organs like the heart and liver.

Indeed, the region s population explosion and rapid urbanization, along with the accelerating pace of tourism development, already means water scarcity is holding back growth.

But, unless Greece is able to increase its rate of economic growth, the budget will remain in deficit and the debt will remain at nearly its current share of GDP.

Unfortunately, many of the solutions on offer are either too timid or demand too much of a global leadership that is in short supply.

With soaring deficits, and a rudderless fiscal policy, one does wonder whether a populist administration might recklessly turn to the printing press.

The Committee notes that, consistent with past practice, any shortfalls would be reported in the context of the performance report of the programme budget.