A government decides to set a price ceiling on bread so that bread is affordable to the poor. The conditions of demand and supply are given in the table below. What is the equilibrium price before the price ceiling? What will the excess supply or the shortage be if the price ceiling is set at $2.40? Price Qd Qs $1.60 9,000 5,000 $2.00 8,500 5,500 $2.40 8,000 6,400 $2.80 7,500 7,500 $3.20 7,000 9,000 $3.60 6,500 11,000 $4.00 6,000 15,000   A. $2.80; 1,600 shortage B. $2.80; 1,600 excess supply C. $2.40; 1,600 shortage

Suppose that the government establishes a price ceiling of $3.70 for wheat. What might prompt the government to establish this price ceiling?

The rent control agency of New York City has found that aggregate demand is Q = 160 - 8P. Quantity is measured in tens of thousands of apartments. Price, the average monthly rent, is measured in hundreds of dollars. The aggregate supply is Q = 70 + 7P. a) What is an equilibrium price of rental apartment? b) Suppose the agency sets a maximum monthly rent to $ 300, are there excess demand or excess supply of apartments? If so, by what amount? Please show your work with an explanation. Suppose the agency bows to the wishes of the board and sets a rental of $900 per month on all apartments to allow landlords a "fair" rate of return. If 50% of any long - run increases in apartment offerings come from new construction, how many apartments are constructed?

Please explain using demand and supply graphs to determine equilibrium price and quantity, or surplus and shortages