The actual price you see in the world is a balancing act between supply and demand.
Log in Zita Marco 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Zita Marco's post “Do all companies use this...” Do all companies use this term of Market Equilibrium? I think sometimes the Monopoly Company can higher their price but not make less the demand. Thank you :) • (8 votes) Tejas 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Tejas's post “Monopolies can raise thei...” Monopolies can raise their price by decreasing supply, because as a monopoly, they solely control supply. (19 votes) alannahr444 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to alannahr444's post “So one of the key points ...” So one of the key points says this the point at which the market will operate. So will the market crash if the price isn't at the equilibrium? • (7 votes) Tejas 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Tejas's post “No. The market will norma...” No. The market will normally smoothly adjust to move to equilibrium. The market can only crash when there is a sudden change in supply or demand. (13 votes) Addison Lewis 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Addison Lewis's post “Are equilibrium price poi...” Are equilibrium price points very common? How long does the equilibrium usually last? • (7 votes) Tejas 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Tejas's post “Every market has its own ...” Every market has its own equilibrium. Equilibrium lasts until either supply or demand changes, at which point the price will adjust. How fast the adjustment occurs really depends on what market it is. Financial markets tend to react extremely fast. Consumer markets tend to also react quickly, but not as quickly as financial markets. Factor markets tend to react rather slowly. Markets in which the government is a party react extremely slowly. (12 votes) Taha Anouar 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Taha Anouar's post “I think that's it's a ben...” I think that's it's a benefit for consumers if there was a SURPLUS and for producers if there was a SHORTAGE is that can be Right ? • (4 votes) Kevin Zhao 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Kevin Zhao's post “Yes, you are correct. Thi...” Yes, you are correct. This is because when there is a surplus, producers have to sell their excess supply (surplus) at a lower price in order for consumers to actually be willing and able to demand for it. In a shortage, there is a low quantity available so the price is bid up by consumers who have demand for the good or service. (7 votes) chelseac 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to chelseac's post “Just say I went to the st...” Just say I went to the store to buy apples, how would I know if the price is at its equilibrium or not? • (3 votes) OLELA NICOLE 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to OLELA NICOLE's post “1. Find out if the seller...” 1. Find out if the seller can be able to sell at a reduced price (through bargaining) (9 votes) sherlynenjagi 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to sherlynenjagi's post “Given the products below ...” Given the products below and the events that affect them indicate what happens to the demand supply and the equilibrium price and the quantity in a competitive market • (2 votes) Nusaybah 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Nusaybah's post “I'll try to answer all pa...” I'll try to answer all parts of your question: (5 votes) Sarah Sant 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Sarah Sant's post “What is market clearing?” What is market clearing? • (2 votes) Randy III 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Randy III's post “A market-clearing price i...” A market-clearing price is the price of a good or service at which quantity supplied is equal to quantity demanded, also called the equilibrium price. The theory claims that markets tend to move toward this price. (4 votes) 25horses 10 months agoPosted 10 months ago. Direct link to 25horses's post “the graph above shows an ...” the graph above shows an equilibrium price. but now i'll ask you the question, if it's perfectly balanced and it's exactly where you should be for the ideal price and service, then why wouldn't we shift the supply curve to the left until we're not making more than we did before that. let's think about it, the equilibrium curve in this definition has to show the ideal supply and price for it, but is it ideal for the customers or the sellers? if you're saying it's ideal for the customers, then sure. but by looking at the graph it would be better for the seller to shift the supply curve to the left to make much more money and supply less product. upvote my comment everyone please. • (2 votes) Isaac 9 months agoPosted 9 months ago. Direct link to Isaac's post “The supply curve shows ho...” The supply curve shows how much of that product producers would be willing to bother producing if they could get a certain price from it. This is due to the way they decide to allocate their resources. Shifting the supply curve to the left would mean that the producer would not be willing to make as much of a certain product even if he could sell it for just as much as before. This is typically because it is actually more costly to produce. What you are thinking is that if he doesn't make so much of it, even if he can make it just as easily, people will buy it at a higher price. The thing you have to remember though is that the price just represents the relative market value of something compared with other goods of every sort (money is just an intermediary). If something really does sell at a higher price, than making less of it will only make you less money. Perhaps you are looking at the demand curve and noticing that at very high prices there is at least a tad bit of quantity demanded. So you are suggesting that the seller should sell his things at a very high price, and that hopefully just a few people will buy it. The problem is that they probably won't if they can substitute it with someone else's product. A few people might buy it if they are in a hurry and can't spend the time to look anywhere else, but if your price is high enough to compensate for only selling to these people, even they won't be willing to buy it. The demand curve shows what the quantity demanded would be if the market price was a certain value. Maybe you mean that all producers of something should join together and agree to sell their product at a higher price. That is the sort of thing that monopolies can do. But even that wouldn't be a shift in the supply curve: it would be manipulation of the demand curve, because the price of the previously competing substitute products from other producers have also gone up. Hope this helps! (3 votes) s23100393 a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to s23100393's post “Ps5 are a good example of...” Ps5 are a good example of this, because there is an increase in supply and they're still keeping the prices the same. • (2 votes) Yanice114 4 months agoPosted 4 months ago. Direct link to Yanice114's post “dont have any questions t...” dont have any questions to asks • (2 votes)Want to join the conversation?
2. Find out the price from more than one seller and compare.
The seller will not be able to sell at a price lower price than equilibrium price (since he/she) will make losses. Inquiring the price from many potential sellers helps you determine the lowest possible price a seller would be willing to sell at, which is more or less the equilibrium price
a)Blue jeans. The wearing of blue jeans becomes less fashionable among the consumers
b)Computers. Parts for making computers fall in price because of improvements in technology.
c)Lettuce. Heavy rains that destroy a significant portion of the crop pour
d)Chicken. Beef prices rise because severe winter weather reduces cattle herds
a) Blue jeans become less fashionable. Consumers think, "Why should I spend money on buying blue jeans when they're not trendy anymore? I won't buy any that are at a high price". Suppliers see this, and lower the price of blue jeans. This scenario is similar to when Sal talks about a 'surplus' in the video in the article.
b) So, making computers becomes cheaper. Suppliers find that they can sell them at a lower price. Consumers think "Yay! Cheap computers!" and start buying loads. Soon, all the computers have sold out, and suppliers see that they have to produce more and also raise the price. This is similar to the 'shortage' Sal talks about in the video
c) Because of the heavy rains, most of the lettuce crop rots. Suppliers have less to sell, so they increase the prices. Consumers think "Hey. I'll go buy cabbage instead. Lettuce is too expensive." This scenario moves the demand and supply curves.
d) People don't want to buy beef, so they buy chicken instead. Chicken is a substitute good. Check out the khan academy video about substitute and complement products: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/supply-demand-equilibrium/demand-curve-tutorial/v/price-of-related-products-and-demand
