The demand curve explains the relationship between price and number of sales (also called product demand). Companies can leverage some control over their sales by manipulating the price, but there are ...

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Business owners can analyze consumer buying behavior by studying a demand curve, which is plotted on two axes: price and quantity demanded. Demand curves always slope downward, because consumers are ...

INFLATION is creeping up. The euro area's average rate of consumer-price inflation rose to 2.5% in the year to May, up from 1.6% in February and well above the 2% ceiling set by the European Central ...