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Download Solution PDFThe condition in which market supply matches market demand is called
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Option 3 : Equilibrium
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Equilibrium.
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- In equilibrium, the aggregate quantity that all firms wish to sell equals the quantity that all the consumers in the market wish to buy.
- Both the consumers' and firms' objectives are compatible in the market equilibrium.
- The price at which equilibrium is reached is called the equilibrium price and the quantity bought and sold at this price is called equilibrium quantity.
- When the market supply is greater than market demand, we say that there is an excess supply in the market at that price.
- When market demand exceeds market supply at a price, it is said that excess demand exists in the market at that price.
- Equilibrium in a perfectly competitive market can be defined alternatively as zero excess demand-zero excess supply situation
- Whenever market supply is not equal to market demand, and hence the market is not in equilibrium, there will be a tendency for the price to change.
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