Such a cut could create shortages and send prices up.

"A small increase can actually create a shortage of capacity."

Growth continued to create shortages that expanded the black market.

That slide is expected to create a $500 million shortage in the state's $3 billion general fund budget.

"The commission will never create an artificial shortage of natural gas."

Drought was not the only condition that created a shortage of free power.

The securities boom has created a shortage of employees in the field.

The impasse has created shortages that are growing increasingly serious.

This process created a shortage of much needed cash for farmers in the Western states and territories.

The explosion in China trade has created a worldwide shortage of commercial vessels.