Economic Definition of expectations. Defined.
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Term expectations Definition: What people or businesses anticipate will happen, especially in terms of markets and prices. Expectations are one of the five demand determinants and one of the five supply determinants that are assumed constant when the demand and supply curves are constructed. Changes in expectations then cause shifts of the demand and supply curves when they change. Expectations are also important to the study of inflation and the aggregate market.
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