Yes, there are several ways to artificially raise the price of a product by manipulating the market supply. Here are some examples: 1. **Hoarding**: Buyers or sellers accumulate large quantities of a product or raw material and do not sell it to artificially create scarcity and drive up prices. 2. **Restricting production**: Companies can intentionally limit the production or supply of a product to create the illusion that demand is outstripping supply, thereby driving up prices. 3. **Price cartels**: Companies can work together to set prices or restrict supply to maintain artificially high prices, eliminating competition. 4. **Supply chain manipulation**: Companies can manipulate their own supply chains to create a sense of shortages by delaying or restricting product deliveries, and drive prices up. 5. **False shortage propaganda**: Companies can advertise product shortages by exaggerating demand or reducing supply to create the illusion that demand is outstripping supply. 6. **Artificially manipulating inventory levels**: Companies can manipulate their own inventory levels to create the illusion of shortages or surpluses, thereby influencing prices. 7. **Market manipulation**: Companies can manipulate the entire market by artificially raising purchase prices or driving up prices through right-side market trades (e.g., futures or options). Examples of these forms of manipulation include: * Nestle, a bottled water company, was accused of artificially raising the price of bottled water in California due to its large-scale purchases of water in that state. * In the 1990s, Intel was accused of restricting the supply of Pentium processors to keep prices artificially high. * Fatal Vk, a European cosmetics company, was fined by the European Union for restricting the supply of its own products to maintain artificially high prices. It is important to note that these practices are generally considered anti-competitive and anti-consumer and may be subject to laws and regulations in numerous jurisdictions.