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The phrase "a shortfall in" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you need to refer to a deficient amount of something. For example: "The company has experienced a shortfall in revenues this year."
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That is, why should there be a shortfall in consumption merely because the economy produces more?
The IMF says a shortfall in VAT receipts suggests some firms are not complying.
But Mr Cowen blames lagging pay on a shortfall in growth itself.
Wage moderation has therefore not led to a shortfall in demand, as originally feared by some.
It blamed a shortfall in its advertising and sponsorship division, especially in Germany and the US.
A shortfall in consumer demand has been the biggest contributor to Japan's deflationary woes.
AS THE Fed almost, nearly recognises, a shortfall in aggregate demand is constraining employment growth.
So they face both a shortfall in growth and a ballooning fiscal burden.
There was a shortfall in zinc production for the second year running in 1996.
That stimulus to consumption offset a shortfall in business investment and exports.
We have an epistolary crisis in this country — a shortfall in valedictions, or sign-offs.
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