For Most Commodities, Purchases Tend to Rise with Increases in Buyers

question 225

Multiple Choice

For most commodities, purchases tend to rise with increases in buyers' incomes, and fall with decreases in buyers' incomes.Such commodities are known as:

• A)inferior goods.
• B)direct goods.
• C)average goods.
• D)normal goods.

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