If a Product Becomes More Popular and Consumers Want More

question 182

Multiple Choice

If a product becomes more popular and consumers want more produced,which of the following best describes what happens to move more factors of production into that industry?

• A) An agency of the Federal government directs the movement of factors.
• B) The chief executive officers or presidents of corporations require that factors leave one industry and move to the other industry.
• C) Factor owners voluntarily move their factors because they want to satisfy the interests of consumers.
• D) Wages, rent, interest, and profit increase in that industry, thereby giving factors the incentive to move to that industry.
• E) Consumers increase their demand for the products and, as a result, the taxes the producers must pay decrease enabling the producers to hire more factors of production.

Describe the relationship between interest rates and inflation, particularly during times of inflation.

Analyze the impact of market forces and government actions on inflation rates and productivity.

Understand the concept of the natural rate of unemployment and its significance for economic policy.

Recognize the role of external factors such as import prices on domestic inflation rates.

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Definitions:

Puerto Rico

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Market Penetration

A measure of the amount of sales or adoption of a product or service compared to the total theoretical market for that product or service.

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