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Supply
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The amount of a good or service suppliers are willing and able to bring to the market.
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Change in supply
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When the amount supplied changes while the price stays the same.
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Change in Quantity supplied
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When the price of a good changes the amount supplied can change. It is represented as a movement along the demand curve.
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To the Right
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When the quantity supplied increases, the curve will shift....
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To the left
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When the quantity supplied decreases, the curve will shift to the left.
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The Law of supply
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When the price increases, the quantity supplied will increase. When the price decreases the quantity supplied will decrease
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Equilibrium
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When supply and demand are graphed, this is where the curves cross and supply and demand are equal.
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Market Price
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This is the price that should be charged in order to have no goods and services left over in the market which is wasteful. It is found at equilibrium
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Direct
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While there is an inverse relationship between price and demand, there is a ____________________ relationship between price and supply
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Supply Shifter: Cost of resources
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When the price of the factors of production change, it can cause the amount supplied to change and shift the curve to the right or left.
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Supply Shifter: Technological Improvements
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When car manufacturers began using robots, they could produce more cars, thus shifting to the curve to the right.
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Supply Shifter: Number of Suppliers
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Apple produced the first smartphone, but many other companies soon started to make them, thus shifting to the curve to the right.
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Subsidies
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Money provided by the government to corporations which allow them to produce a good or service at a competitive price. 2/3 of all oil produced in the US takes place only due to government financial support
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Supply Shifter: Taxes
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President Trump plans to decrease taxes on Corporations from 35% to 25%. The belief is that less taxes will allow US companies to expand, hire more people, and produce more goods and services.
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Supply Shifter: Productivity
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When Henry Ford created the Moving assembly line it allowed to him to create over 10 million Model T's.
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Supply shifter: Government Regulations
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President Trump has overturned many environmental policies, including lifting a freeze on new coal leases on public lands and ending a mandate for federal agencies to include greenhouse gas emissions in environmental impact statements. This will allow US companies to produce more goods and services at a cheaper price
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Microeconomics
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The study of individual consumers and producers
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Demand
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The willingness and ability of consumers to purchase a consumer good or service
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Law of demand
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As price increases demand decreases. As price decreases, demand increases
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Supply Schedule
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A chart showing how many will be supplied by producers at specific prices. It is used to graph the supply curve.