The Market Clearing Assumption Is

question 65

Multiple Choice

The market clearing assumption is

• A) a central assumption of the short-run macro model
• B) the idea that prices in every market will adjust until quantity supplied and quantity demanded are equal
• C) the idea that excess supply always leads to an increase in demand
• D) the idea that markets only work when they are in equilibrium
• E) believed by most economists today to be an unreasonable assumption

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