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Price Adjustment in Competitive Markets
In a market with many buyers and sellers of an identical product, the price is often described as fluctuating before it settles. Analyze the economic forces that cause these fluctuations and explain why the price ultimately tends to move towards a stable point where the quantity buyers want to purchase equals the quantity sellers want to offer.
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