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EC-011
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Buyers market | the best time for consumers to buy characterized by large supply small demand and low prices |
| Buying power | the amount of money available |
| Complementary goods | products that are used together skirts and blouses ski boots and skis software and computers |
| consumer buying power | cash and credit a consumer has available to spend |
| Cost of production | the total amount of money spent on cost of materials labor taxes etc... to manufacture economic goods and services |
| Demand | the quantity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time |
| Elastic demand | a form of demand for products in which changes in price correspond to changes in demand |
| Elasticity | an indication of how changes in price will affect changes in the amounts demanded and supplied |
| Equilibrium | the point at which the quantity supplied is equal to the quantity demanded |
| Equilibrium price | he point at which the quantity of a good that buyers want to buy is equal to the quantity that sellers are willing to sell at a certain price |
| inelastic demand | a form of demand in which changes in price do not affect demand |
| Law of demand | economic principle which states that the quantity of a good or service that people will buy varies inversely with the price of the good or service |
| Law of supply | economic principle which states that the quantity of a good or service that people will be offered for sale varies in direct relation to its price |
| Law of supply and demand | economic principle which states that the supply of a good or service will increase when demand is great and decrease when demand is low |
| sellers market | the best time for producers to sell characterized by large demand small supply and high prices |
| standard living | the general conditions in which people live quality life |
| substitute goods | items that can be used in place of others items that satisfy the same needs/wants similar goods |
| supply | the quantity of a good or service that sellers are able and willing to offer for sale at a specified price in a given time period |
| utility | usefulness capable of satisfying wants and needs |