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What is the term for the situation where demand exceeds supply in a market?

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Shortage

When the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at a given price, the market faces a shortage (excess demand).

A surplus is the opposite (supply exceeds demand), equilibrium is when they are equal, and deflation is a general fall in prices.

Hence, Shortage.

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