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price signals

price signals is the plural of price signal.

Meaning of price signal

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

Questions about price signals

What is price signals the plural of?
Price signals is the plural of price signal.

Words near price signals in the dictionary

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

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