Economists use elasticity of demand to gauge how responsive consumers are to changes in price and income, but investors can also use elasticity of demand to help make more informed investing ...

Economists use elasticity of demand to gauge how responsive consumers are to changes in price and income, but investors can also use elasticity of demand to help make more informed investing ...

An elastic demand curve means that a change in price has a large effect on buying, while an inelastic demand curve means that a price change has less effect on buying.

Price elasticity describes what happens to the demand for a product as its price changes. The relationship is "inverse," with demand rising as the price falls and falling as the price rises.

Last week, Marka and the tribe discussed how understanding price elasticity can help businesses like FEI arrive at an intelligent pricing strategy. This week, they discuss inelasticity of demand ...

An elastic economic factor changes relatively easily in relation to a change in another factor. An inelastic economic factor changes very little when another element is significantly altered.

Explore how price elasticity of demand helps investors answer critical questions about the stocks they may want to invest in.

Critical mass of inelastic consumer behavior As a certain percentage of consumers act in an inelastic fashion, there is significantly less drop-off in quantity of units demanded as price points rise.

Inelastic demand exists when customers buy roughly the same amount of a good regardless of most factors, while elastic demand means that demand increases or decreases significantly depending on ...