The phrase "an overall shortfall" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a general deficiency or lack in a particular context, such as finances, resources, or performance.
Example: "The company reported an overall shortfall in revenue this quarter, prompting a review of its budget and spending strategies."
Alternatives: "a general deficit" or "a total shortcoming".
That means an overall shortfall for all Medicare spending of about 11percentt.
The government is staring at an overall shortfall of nearly 500 billion rupees in revenue this year, the senior official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject.
So: an overall shortfall of demand, in which people just don't want to buy enough goods to maintain full employment, can only happen in a monetary economy; it's correct to say that what's happening in such a situation is that people are trying to hoard money instead (which is the moral of the story of the baby-sitting coop).
Committee chairman Graham Cregeen said there was an overall shortfall of about £1m per year in the BBC's investment in the Isle of Man.
In South Darfur, the 2007 cereal harvest was considerably lower than in 2006, contributing to an overall shortfall in cereal stocks.
Based on these assumptions, the FAO/WFP estimate of 1995 production and the quantity of emergency and programme food aid received so far, leaves an overall shortfall of some 1.04 million tons.
The annual report by the pensions regulator earlier this year found that the £44bn worth of extra contributions by employers between 2011 and 2014 had been the equivalent of a rain shower on a dried up reservoir, filling only a fraction of the overall shortfall, which expanded from £215bn to a record £375bn.
The penalty for improperly dipping into customer money is a roughly $140,000 fine, equal to about a thousandth of the overall shortfall that clients are enduring.
They say this could leave many with an overall cash shortfall.
The proposal comes as Cardiff council faces an overall budget shortfall of £50m in 2014/15.
The charity said the overall shortfall in nurses has grown more acute, rising from an estimated 1,150 five years ago to the present gap.
