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Language English
Category Finance
Level Secondary School
Created / Updated 27.10.2015 / 09.11.2015
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Supply

The desire and ability to produce and sell a product.

Market Equilibrium

It occurs when the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied at a particular price are equal.

Equilibrium price

The price at which the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied are equal.

Surplus

The result of quantity supplied being greater than quantity demanded.

Shortage

The result of quantity demanded being greater than quantity supplied.

Disequilibrium

It occurs when quantity demanded and quantity supplied are not in balance.

Competitive pricing

It occurs when producers sell products at lower prices to lure customers away from rival producers, while still making a profit.

Incentive

It encourages people to act in certain ways.

Price ceiling

The legal maximum price that sellers may charge for a product.

Price floor

A legal minimum price that buyers must pay for a product.

Minimum wage

A legal minimum amount that an employer must pay for one hour of work.

Rationing

A government system for allocating goods and services using criteria other than price.

Black market

It involves illegal buying or selling in violation or price controls or rationing .

Money

Anything that people will accept in exchange for goods and services.

Medium of exchange

A means through which goods and services can be exchanged.

Barter

The exchange of goods and services without using money.

Standard of value

Determines the economic worth in the exchange process.

Store of value

Something that holds is value over time.

Commodity money

It has intristic value based on the material from which it is made.

Representative money

Backed by something tangible.

Fiat money

Declared by the government and accepted by citizens to have worth.

Currency

Paper money and coins.

Demand deposits

Checking accounts.

Near money

Savings accounts and time deposits that can be converted into cash relatively easily.

National banks

Banks chartered by the national government.

Gold standard

A system that backs the basic monetary unit with a set amount of gold.