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Supply and
Demand
APPLIED ECON.
Meanings
DEMAND means the
desire for a particular good
backed up by sufficient
purchasing power.
SUPPLY is the quantity of
a commodity that is in the
market and available for
purchase at a particular
price.
Demand and
Supply Schedules
Price of Beef
QD in kilos
(per kilo)
₱300 20
250 40
demand and
150 ₱30 900
supply
300 25 800
curves in
350 20 700
your
600 15 600
Income
Population
Price expectations
Technology
Cost of production
Number of sellers
Determinants of
Supply
Weather
The Ceteris
Paribus
Assumption
LAW OF DEMAND - As price
increases, QD decreases, and as
price decreases, QD increases.
--> True if we apply the Ceteris
Paribus assumption.
LAW OF SUPPLY - The quantity
offered for sale will vary directly
with price.
--> Only correct if we apply the
Ceteris Paribus assumption.
Change in
Demand
Change in
Supply
Alfred Marshall
a British economist who
introduced a kind of
pricing scheme by
combining the law of
demand and the law of
supply, formulating an
equilibrium price and
equilibrium quantity
Supply and QS P QD
Demand
3 ₱3 24
Shortage
Schedules
6 6 20
9 9 16
indicating 12 12 12
the Pe and 15 15 8
Surplus
Qe 18 18 4
Change in Pe
and Qe due to
Shift of the
Supply Curve
Change in Pe
and Qe due to
Shift in the
Demand
Curve
The Law of
Demand and
Supply
When supply is greater than
demand, price decreases.
When demand is greater
than supply, price increases.
When supply is equal to
demand, price remains
constant. This is the
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM.
What happens to QD Price QS
market supply
increases by 5% at 300 25 800
without any
increase in 600 15 600