demand curve

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1. A mathematical curve, drawn on a graph, that represents what the demand for a commodity would be if its price ranged anywhere from zero to infinity. The point at which it intersects the supply curve for the same commodity supposedly establishes the price of the commodity in a free market. (See supply and demand.)

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The reward is a cash machine bolted to the fastest-growing electricity demand curve in America.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

“As a regulator, in some ways you never have enough people, but the supply and demand curve is getting a little askew here.”

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

Maybe aggregate demand also falls, but then what happens to price, when you have both the supply curve and the demand curve shifting?

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2025

“The demand curve just shoots up very, very quickly.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

Now each of these services Professor Clark considers as a distinct economic good, and he constructs a demand curve for each of them.

From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)