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price signal

price signal noun: in a market economy, the information conveyed to consumers and producers via the price which provides a signal to change the demanded or supplied quantity of a product or service.

Noun

price signal (plural price signals)

  1. In a market economy, the information conveyed to consumers and producers via the price which provides a signal to change the demanded or supplied quantity of a product or service.
    • Unlike ration books or speeches by Jimmy Carter, price signals don't tell anyone what to do; they change the incentives and we are all free to act, or not, depending on our own circumstances and preferences.2026 April 4, Tim Harford, “Lessons from your petrol pump”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17

Forms of price signal

pluralprice signals

Questions about price signal

What does price signal mean?
Price signal means in a market economy, the information conveyed to consumers and producers via the price which provides a signal to change the demanded or supplied quantity of a product or service.
What part of speech is price signal?
Price signal is a noun.
What is the plural of price signal?
The plural of price signal is price signals.

Words near price signal in the dictionary

  1. price realisation
  2. price realisations
  3. price realization
  4. price realizations
  5. price scissors
  6. price signal
  7. price signals
  8. price skimming
  9. price stability
  10. price tag
  11. price tagger

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