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EQUILIBRIUM PRICE LEVEL [5 records]

Record 1 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
CONT

The equilibrium price level is the level that makes the real value of nominallydenominated government liabilities equal to the present value of expected future government budget surpluses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Production (Economics)
DEF

Level of minimum unemployment with equilibrium in the supply and demand of work. In the strictest sense, it is when the level of employment guarantees economic growth and price stability. Over/full employment is when the posts that are not covered exceed the number of unemployed people.

OBS

full employment: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Production (Économie)
DEF

Niveau de chômage minimal, avec un équilibre de l'offre et de la demande de travail. Au sens strict, niveau d'emploi qui garantit la croissance de l'économie et la stabilité des prix. On parle de suremploi (over/full employment) lorsque les postes à pourvoir excèdent les sans-emploi. Même dans ce cas il y aura toujours un chômage frictionnel.

OBS

plein emploi : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Producción (Economía)
DEF

Nivel de desempleo mínimo, con equilibrio de la oferta y la demanda de trabajo. En sentido estricto, nivel de empleo (over/full employment) cuando los puestos sin cubrir exceden a los desempleados. Aun en este caso siempre habrá cierto paro friccional.

OBS

pleno empleo: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 3 1997-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

... any departure of P [the price level] above equilibrium creates an "oversupply" condition leading back to equilibrium, and that any fall in P below equilibrium creates an "excess demand" that bids P back up to restore the equilibrium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
OBS

[See Figure 26-2, page 491] The equilibrium price G is shown in both diagrams at about that markup level over costs which the oligopolists think will be best for them in the long run.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Planning
OBS

[The] excess of scheduled supply over scheduled demand will put downward pressure on price until it has finally reached that equilibrium level where the two curves intersect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification économique

Spanish

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