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UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM: An equilibrium that is NOT restored if disrupted by an external force. This should be contrasted with stable equilibrium. While most equilibria studied in economics are of the stable variety, a few cases of unstable equilibria do emerge from time to time, in limited circumstances.
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PRICE FLOOR A legally established minimum price that is imposed on a market ABOVE the price that otherwise would be achieved in equilibrium. A price floor is placed on a market with the goal of keeping the price high, presumably based on the notion that the equilibrium price is too low. If imposed on a competitive market free of market failures, a price floor creates a surplus, or excess supply.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time wandering around the downtown area trying to buy either a weathervane with a cow on top or a box of multi-colored, plastic paper clips. Be on the lookout for empty parking spaces that appear to be near the entrance to a store.
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Lombard Street is London's equivalent of New York's Wall Street.
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FOMC
Federal Open Market Committee
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