consumer demand

Market purchasing pressure

Consumer demand is the quantity of goods or services that buyers are willing and able to purchase at various prices.

The term belongs to economics, where it drives production decisions and pricing: Consumer demand for electric vehicles has surged.

When demand is high, prices and production tend to rise; when it falls, both contract.

The company struggled to meet consumer demand during the holiday season.

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market side

consumer demandsupply

Furnish or stock

industrial production · production capacity · inventory · output · manufacturing

economic strength/activity

consumer demandmarket saturation

Maximum product penetration reached

spending freeze · underconsumption · austerity

economic agency

consumer demandcentral planning

Government directs all production

supply-side economics · command economy · production quotas · rationing · planned economy

Family

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