Considering the ample stocks, particularly in the United States, the markets were less concerned about supply constraints than they were about weak demand.
The Fed report said that Japanese tourist visits to Hawaii fell, while in Boston, manufacturers that used electronic components were concerned about supply-chain disruptions.
At United Nations headquarters in New York, diplomats said the officials administering the program were more concerned about relief supplies.
Throughout the Andes, glaciers are now melting so rapidly that scientists have grown deeply concerned about water supplies for the people living there.
He said developers were growing concerned about water supplies for new subdivisions, and economic development officials were worried that the drought might scare away businesses.
They should include Russia - increasingly concerned about the supply of heroin and a potential threat posed by Islamic militants in Afghanistan's northern neighbours, notably Uzbekistan - Iran, India, and China.
The market, however, remains concerned about high supply levels and crude prices could backtrack if inventory data due later this week shows a build in stocks.
"We're extremely concerned about Wal-Mart's monitoring on its supply chain — the fires and deaths in Bangladesh, and other concerns about supply-chain issues in the U.S.," said Anne Simpson, senior portfolio manager for investments at Calpers.
"If you just look at population and economic growth forecasts, there is a path that tells us we need to be very concerned about affordable energy supplies in the future," he said.
If the "Free Gaza' flotilla was that concerned about providing such supplies to the residents of the Gaza strip, why don't they simply sail to Ashdod, allow the inspection of these supplies by Israel to insure that the cargo is what Free Gaza claims it to be, and then allow the cargo to be taken into Gaza?
