inelastic

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Recent Examples on the Web Those anxieties are based on the incorrect assumption that demand is fixed, or inelastic, and hence insensitive to price and cost changes. James Manyika and Michael Spence, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023 Suddenly these trends are making OECD demand even more inelastic. Oil growth outside the OECD is primarily in India and China. Mark Le Dain, Forbes, 16 July 2023 But companies that sell consumer goods with inelastic demand (an unchanging demand regardless of the times) are usually a good option. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022 After inelastic response comes failure, which means the crust breaks, potentially producing conduits for magma to reach the surface ... in other words: eruption. Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for inelastic 

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“Inelastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inelastic. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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