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IG Economics 2.2 - How markets work market demand total effective demand of all consumers effective demand demand + ability to pay disposable income income left to spend after tax market demand curve curve that shows the total quantity demanded at any given price complementary goods goods that are consumed together e.g: cars and petrol substitutes goods that are similar and compete to satisfy the same consumer demand normal goods demand for these rises as income rises inferior goods demand for these falls as income rises equilibrium when demand = supply, stable excess supply quantity supplied > quantity demanded excess demand quantity demanded > quantity supplied indirect tax a government can give this to increase price of a product, reducing its market supply

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IG Economics 2.2 - How markets workmarket demandtotal effective demand of all consumerseffective demanddemand + ability to paydisposable incomeincome left to spend after taxmarket demand curvecurve that shows the total quantity demanded at any given pricecomplementary goodsgoods that are consumed together e.g: cars and petrolsubstitutesgoods that are similar and compete to satisfy the same consumer demandnormal goodsdemand for these rises as income risesinferior goodsdemand for these falls as income risesequilibriumwhen demand = supply, stableexcess supplyquantity supplied > quantity demandedexcess demandquantity demanded > quantity suppliedindirect taxa government can give this to increase price of a product, reducing its market supplysubsidypayment to producers from government to reduce costs of production