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| a group of buyers and sellers of a particular good or sevice |
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| a market in which there are many buyers and many sellers so that each has a negotiable impact on the market price |
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| the amount of a good that buyers are willing and able to purchase |
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| the claim that, other things equal, the quantity demanded of a good falls when the price of a good rises |
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a table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded
(ALWAYS slopes downward) |
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| a graph of the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded |
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| a good for which, other things equal, and increase in income leads to an increase in demand |
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| a good for which, other things equal, and increase in income leads to a decrease in demand |
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| two goods for which an increase in the price of one leads to an increase in the demand for the other |
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| two goods for which an increase in the price of one leads to a decrease in the demand for the other |
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| the amount of a good that sellers are willing and able to sell |
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| the claim that, other things equal, the quantity supplied of a good rises when the price of the good rises |
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| a table that shows the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied |
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| a graph of the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied (ALWAYS slopes upward) |
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a situation in which the market price has reached the level at which quantity supplied equals quantity demanded
(SUPPLIES=DEMANDS) |
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| the price that balances quantity supplied with quantity demanded |
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| the quantity supplied and the quantity demanded at the equilibrium price |
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a situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded
(SUPPLIES>DEMANDS) |
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a situation in which quantity demanded is greater than quantity supplied
(SUPPLIES<DEMAND) |
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the claim that the price of any good adjusts to bring the quantity supplied and the quantity demanded for that good into balance
(STRIVE FOR SUPPLIES=DEMANDS) |
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