As noted in the next story, Nikon's inventory of some DSLR bodies appears to be tight. Several sources are now reporting the Nikon Sweden is out of D60 and D300 models and no longer selling them. Curiously, the D60 will go back on rebate in the United States for the month of June, and all the dealers I've talked to say they're assured by Nikon that more shipments are coming. As far as I can tell, both the D40 and D60 are no longer produced at the Thailand plant, so we're living off of inventories of both now. This is common--most cameras are produced in batches, not in a constant trickle. The important questions are these: how much inventory is left and what replaces these models when the inventory runs out?
Meanwhile, the 35mm f/1.8G DX lens is also in short supply around the world. But I don't think that's due to production cutbacks. There's just a huge pent-up demand for DX primes, but more importantly, people are discovering that this is an extremely good lens, especially considering its price.