PRESENTATION OUTLINE
economy and market are different!
Physical place where a product is bought and sold. Eg. Costco, TSX
All the buyers and sellers of a particular good/service. Eg. global market for a commodity like limestone.
Can be the demand that exists for a particular product/service. Eg. the market for Nintendo's Wii U is not high in demand.
Can describe the process by which a buyer and seller arrive at a mutually acceptable price/quantity.
economy includes these things
so who determines the price of things?
buyers want to spend as little as possible
sellers want the price to be high
usually ends up somewhere in the middle
Quantity of a good/service that buyers will purchase at various prices during a given time period.
whether or not you have a demand for a product
higher price of a product
Law of Demand - The quantity demanded varies inversely with price, as long as other things don't change
Distinction between demand and quantity demanded. Quantity demand refers to relationship determined by price.
Compare $28 T-shirts vs $24 T-shirts. Quantity demanded has fallen by one.
don't say demand has fallen by one!
T-Shirt Cost/Sales- 3 Buyers
The quantity supplied will increase if price increases and fall if price falls, as long as other things don't change.
Supply and quantity supplied
Supply refers to the whole series of price and quantity relationships. T-shirt supply schedule
Quantity supplied refersto one relationship determined by price. Differences between various price points on the T-Shirt supply schedule.