overcapacity

Example Sentences

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Having a target range aligns better with officials’ efforts to control industrial overcapacity and advance structural reforms, Société Générale economists said.

From The Wall Street Journal

They are part of a cost-cutting drive by the world's biggest chemical company, which has been battered by high energy costs in Germany, weak demand and massive overcapacity on global markets.

From Barron's

The vast German chemical sector has been mired in crisis in recent years due to overcapacity, weak demand and high energy costs.

From Barron's

"During the same period, China entered a prolonged deflationary phase, stemming from over-investment in manufacturing, creating the overcapacity we see today."

From BBC

Germany’s carmakers, machine tool manufacturers and chemicals producers—critical industries that have sunk huge investments in China over the past three decades—are fighting brutal competition in a Chinese market where significant overcapacity is leading to deflation and eroding profits.

From The Wall Street Journal