| Question |
Answer |
| complementary goods |
goods that are used together (as the price of one rises, the demand for the other falls) |
| demand |
the quantities of a wall-defined commodity that consumers are willing and able to buy at each possible price during a given period of time, ceteris paribus |
| demand curve |
a graph of a demand schedule that measures price on the vertical axis and quantity demanded on the horizontal axis |
| demand schedule |
a list of table of the prices and the corresponding quantities demanded of a particular good or service |
| determinants of demand |
factors other than the price of the good that influence demand - income, tastes, prices of related foods and services, expectations, and number of buyers |
| disequilibrium |
a point at which quantity demanded and quantity supplied are not equal at a particular price |
| equilibrium |
the point at which quantity demanded and quantity supplied are equal at a particular price |
| exchange rate |
the price of one country’s money in terms of another country’s money |
| determinants of supply |
factors other than the price of the good that influence supply—prices of resources, technology and productivity, expectations of producers, number of producers, and the prices of related goods and services |
| inferior goods |
goods for which demand decreases as income increases |
| law of demand |
as the price of a good or service rises (falls), the quantity of that good or service that people are willing and able to purchase during a particular period of time falls (rises), ceteris paribus |
| law of supply |
as the price of a good or service that producers are willing and able to offer for sale during a particular period of time rises (falls) , the quantity of that good or service supplied rises (falls), ceteris paribus |
| market |
a place or service that enables buyers and sellers to exchange goods and services |
| normal goods |
goods for which demand increases as income increases |
| price ceiling |
a situation where the price is not allowed to rise above a certain level |
| price floor |
a situation where the price is not allowed to decrease below a certain level |
| productivity |
the quantity of output produced per unit of resource |
| quantity demanded |
the amount of a product that people are willing and able to purchase at a specific price |
| quantity supplied |
the amount sellers are willing and able to offer at a given price, during a given period of time, everything else held constant |
| shortage |
a quantity supplied that is smaller than the quantity demanded at a given price |
| substitute goods |
goods that can be used in place of each other (as the price of one rises, the demand for the other rises) |
| supply |
the amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to offer for sale at each possible price during a period of time, ceteris paribus |
| supply curve |
a graph of a supply schedule that measures price on the vertical axis and quantity supplied on the horizontal axis |
| supply schedule |
a list or table of prices and corresponding quantities supplied of a particular good or service |
| surplus |
a quantity supplied that is larger than the quantity demanded at a given price |
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