Still, consumers are finding the supply tight.
Some opec members already favor keeping the supply tight so that prices will stay high.
"I think Nike is feeding that interest on the part of the consumer by keeping supply tight".
With supply tight, says Mr Damesick, even modest growth in demand for space could see rents rising sharply, especially at the premium end of the market.
"Hidden channels are likely to continue to fill this gap so long as demand remains high, supply tight, and oversight lenient".An alternative way to measure the availability of credit is simply to ask people.
That means, he adds, they're likely to borrow less in the future, keeping supply tight and prices firm.
They can charge a lot for that service (that is, collect a high spread between unrefined and refined petroleum) when demand for refining is brisk and supply tight.
With U.S. coal consumption set to spike and supply tight as exports surge among eastern U.S. producers, Gillette, Wyo.-based Cloud Peak Energy wants to offer its shares while the market is hot.
The oil industry has not increased, and in some cases has reduced, exploration budgets, making a tight supply even tighter up ahead.
With global supplies tight, geopolitics continue to play a big role in pushing up oil prices.
