EXAMPLES OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND SHIFTS
1. IN THE MARKET FOR AUTOMOBILES.
Chrysler Shuts Down Four Plants
Two More Could Be Closed; A Confrontation Forces Supplier to Seek Chapter 11
By NEAL E. BOUDETTE, JEFF BENNETT and JEFFREY MCCRACKEN
February 5, 2008
About the seller (Chrysler). Quantity going down
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Shift of supply to the left.
2. IN THE MARKET FOR NEWSPAPERS
Paper Cuts, Shrinking Advertising and Falling Profits Force Industry Turmoil
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Published: February 7, 2008
Circulation revenue has declined steadily since 2003, and the number of copies sold has been slipping about 2 percent a year. Some of the largest papers — including The San
Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe and The Los Angeles Times — have lost 30 to
40 percent of their circulation in just a few years.
Quantity definitely down. Must be about the buyer because the seller isn’t the one taking any action.
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shift in demand to the left
3. IN THE MARKET FOR OIL
Costs, Regulation Are Slowing Boom; Game for Big Players
By GUY CHAZAN February 5, 2008; Page A8
CALGARY, Alberta -- After years of headlong growth, Canada's oil sands have hit a speed bump. Escalating costs, labor shortages, tax increases and the threat of tighter climate-change laws are clouding the prospects of one of the world's biggest sources of oil. And while multinationals can cope with the tougher operating environment, smaller companies are struggling.
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Escalating costs, labor shortages, tax increases and the threat of tighter climate-change laws” are all about changing resource prices. Those prices are going up. Since resource prices are a supply determinant
 shift of supply leftward.
4. IN THE MARKET FOR RETAIL GOODS AND
SEERVICES
BY VANESSA O'CONNELL

In an admission that its strategy for running a national department-store chain was flawed, Macy's Inc. said it will put more emphasis on local markets while consolidating back-office operations and eliminating more than 2,500 jobs.
The sweeping changes at Cincinnati-based Macy's come as the industry is slamming the brakes on store openings and cutting inventory
Macy’s is a seller and is clearly the initiator of the change so it must be a supply shift.
Since it is “consolidating” it is cutting the “number of sellers”  supply shift to the left
5. IN THE MARKET FOR RETAIL GOODS AND
SEERVICES (the previous article continued)
… in the face of a sharp slowdown in consumer spending.
“consumer spending” is always about income which is always a demand determinant. Output lower
 demand shift leftward.
6. IN THE MARKET FOR ENTERTAINMENT
INDUSTRY
BY KELLY EVANS AND JOELLEN PERRY
| Companies Featured in This Article: Hilton Hotels , Walt Disney
Recession worries surged, slamming financial markets, amid signs that service businesses
-- from hotels and retailers to banks -- may be stumbling in both the [U.S. and Europe.]
“recession” is always about income which is always a demand determinant.
Output lower
 demand shift leftward.
7. IN THE MARKET FOR AGRICULTURAL GOODS
Future Farmer
January 30, 2008; Page A16
[…]Also making a contribution will be {Russia and Ukraine}, where modern techniques will dramatically improve productivity. But the heaviest lifting will be done by technology. Syngenta, based in Basel, is carving out a different approach than Monsanto, involving chemistry as much as gene technology, and working particularly closely with
(farmers) to adapt its formulas to local conditions. […]

“modern techniques” “improve productivity”” technology” “different approach” all mean technological change which is always a supply detyerminant
 lower prices and/or more output
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supply shift rightward.