Economics

Thousands of people leave a small town due to a factory closing down.  Sales at the local grocery store become slow. What causes this change?

• Prices or availability of substitutes
• Prices or availability of complementary goods
• Change in the weather or season
• Change in the number of buyers

New technology advances the rate at which furniture can be assembled. Why does this change the supply?

• Change in cost of production
• Changes in number of producers
• Changes in expectations

The market equilibrium price is the price at which

• surpluses depress the number of goods supplied
• shortages and surpluses will have no effect on the market
• the government will not intervene in the market
• the quantity demanded is the same as the quantity supplied

When there is a shortage the price will usually? 

• rise
• fall
• remain the same
• equilibrium

When the supply of a product or service goes up and the demand stays the same the Price will typically do what? 

• rise
• fall
• stay the same
• Consumer

When the demand for a product or service is higher than the supply this causes what?

• shortage
• consumer
• surplus
• equilibrium

Factors that cause the supply or demand to change are called?

• equilibrium
• shifter
• demand
• producer

The desire or willingness a consumer has to purchase a good or a service is called?

• shortage
• supply
• price
• demand

The amount of goods or services available is called?

• supply
• demand
• producer
• consumer

An individual or group who purchases goods.

• producer
• consumer
• goods
• services