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When sellers supply more of the product than buyers are willing to purchase, a ________ is created?

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When sellers produce more of a product that buyers will end up purchasing, this creates a surplus or glut. When this happens, sellers are forced to lower the price of the product in order to get rid of the excess inventory and sometimes they are even forced to take a loss.
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