Demand:
1.Population and Market Size
-increase means increase in demand
2.Income (Normal/Inferior Goods)
-income up means demand increase for normal good but decrease for inferior goods
3.Price of Related Goods (Complements/Substitutes)
-increase in substitute price means increase in demand
-increase in complement price means decrease in demand
4.Consumer Preferences (Taste/Trends)
5.Consumer Expectations and Unexpected Events
Supply:
- Number of Producers
-more businesses in a market, more supply. (shifts to the right)
- Resource Prices
-if the cost of a resource increases, the producer makes fewer. (shifts to the left)
- State of Technology
-technological progress leads to more efficient production, which means more is produced at each price level. (shift to the right)
- Producer Expectations and Unexpected Events
-expectations of future prices/events, temperatures, droughts, floods, storms, natural disasters etc. can all affect the supply chain.
- Prices of Related Products
-a price rise in substitutes may cause producers to make more of current product.
-a price rise in complements may cause producers to make more of current product