If Both Producers and Consumers Believe That a Product's Price

question 231

Multiple Choice

If both producers and consumers believe that a product's price will rise in the future,then at the present,the equilibrium price

• A) does not change.
• B) rises.
• C) falls.
• D) might rise, fall, or not change, but the change can never be predicted.
• E) might rise, fall, or not change depending on whether the effect from the producers is greater than or less than the effect from the consumers.

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