What Caused Private Labels to Assume New Levels of Significance

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Essay

What caused private labels to assume new levels of significance in recent years?

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Definitions:

Classical Macroeconomic Theory

An economic theory that posits that markets function efficiently and that full employment is achieved when economies operate at a state of equilibrium without government intervention.

Nominal Variables

Variables that are measured in terms of money and have not been adjusted for inflation, as opposed to real variables which are inflation-adjusted.

Money Supply

The total amount of money in circulation or in existence within a country's economy.

Exchange Rate

The price of one country's currency expressed in the currency of another country; it determines how much foreign currency one can get with a unit of domestic currency.