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CHAPTER SIX. PRICES. When demand meets supply Demand greater than supply – shortage Supply greater than demand - surplus. Equilibrium. Price ceilings Rent control Price floors Minimum wage. Government interference with prices. Read 137-140
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CHAPTER SIX PRICES
When demand meets supply • Demand greater than supply – shortage • Supply greater than demand - surplus Equilibrium
Price ceilings • Rent control • Price floors • Minimum wage Government interference with prices
Read 137-140 • What is the argument for and against rent control? • With partner, answer number 1 + 2 on p. 138 Prices
What is the argument for and against minimum wage? • With partner, answer number 1 + 2 on p. 139 Prices
With table partner, complete Number 11 on page 140 Assessment
What are the two ways in which the government controls prices? Please provide an example of each. Question of the Day
Moving toward Equilibrium - Price and quantity will move toward equilibrium levels Two Factors that can lead to Disequilibrium -Shift in supply curve -Shift in demand curve Changes in Market Equilibrium
An Increase in Supply • A Changing Market that increases supply • Inventory will pile up (surplus) • Suppliers will reduce prices to clear out the surplus • With the lower price, demand will increase and the market will find equilibrium
A Decrease in Supply • As supply decreases, suppliers will raise their prices • Demand will fall • With the lower price, demand will increase and the market will find equilibrium
An Increase in Demand • Supply . . . • Price . . .
A Decrease in Demand • . . . • . . .
Supply shock • Rationing • Black market Vocabulary
In your notebook: • Design a supply/demand curve that illustrates a change in equilibrium based on an increase in supply. Question of the Day
Review • How does the government affect supply? (3) • How does the government affect prices? (2) Review
Equilibrium • Disequilibrium • Shortage • Surplus • Supply shock • Rationing • Black Market • Price ceiling • Rent control • Price floor • Minimum wage • Inventory • Fad Chapter 6: Pictionary Time
What could be negative consequences to: • A. Rent control • B. Minimum wage Question of the day.
Sketch: • Advantages of Price-based system • Shortage and Surplus • P. 155
Design your own business • Select a name and product • Graph how your business would respond to: • Supply shock • Increase in supply • Decrease in demand • Increase in demand • Explain the reasons for the above • Be realistic and be neat! • Due at the end of class on Friday Your Group Project (1-3 members)