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BUYERS' MARKET: A disequilibrium condition in a competitive market that has a surplus, such that buyers are able to force the price down. Note that a buyers' market does not mean that a lack of competition among demanders have given buyers market control. A buyers' market is a competitive market that simply has a temporary imbalance between the quantity demanded by the buyers and the quantity supplied by the sellers. The buyers' market phrase is commonly used (mainly by real world noneconomist types) to describe a surplus in real estate or housing markets. It's also commonly used when describing assorted financial markets. You might want to examine the opposite of a buyers' market, which is a sellers' market. Additional information on the real estate market can be found in the entry on building cycle.
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Lesson 8: Market Shocks | Unit 1: Adjustments
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- The market model as a tool to understand our economic world, specifically to see how markets move, or adjust, from one equilibrium to another.
- The three basic questions about market changes: What causes the shock? What are the consequences of the shock? Is the shock good or bad?
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POTENTIAL REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT The total real output (real gross domestic product) that the economy can produce if resources are fully employed. In theory this means that the economy is operating ON the production possibilities frontier. Full employment is generally indicated by achieving what is termed the natural unemployment rate. If the economy is at full employment then actual real gross domestic product is equal to potential real gross domestic product and the actual unemployment rate is equal to the natural unemployment rate. The macroeconomy is thus living up to its potential.
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Much of the $15 million used by the United States to finance the Louisiana Purchase from France was borrowed from European banks.
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