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202 Supply and Deman
BE 202 Supply and Demand
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| buyer's market | the best time for consumer 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 (ski boots and skis) |
| consumer buying power | cash and credit a consumer has a variable to spend |
| cost of production | the total amount of money spent on cost of materials labor taxes ect 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 change in the amounts demanded and supplied |
| equilibrium | the point at which the quantity supplied is equal to the quantity demanded |
| equilibrium price | the 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 prices 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 rice of the good or serivce |
| law of supply | economic principle which states that the quantity of a good or supply that will be offered for sale arise 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 decease when demand is low |
| sellers market | the best time for producers to sell characterized by demand large supply and high prices |