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market forces

British  

plural noun

  1. the effect of supply and demand on trading within a free market

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“The program leverages housing market forces, entrepreneurial innovation and private accountability to increase housing supply,” former HUD Secretary Ben Carson told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in 2025.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Fortunately, there’s no need to predict which market forces will prevail.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

Unwinding quantitative easing would reverse the Fed’s impact on asset and interbank markets, restoring the determination of interbank rates, long-term interest rates, mortgage spreads and equity prices to market forces.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

Jankovec urged the EU to intervene, writing that "relying on market forces and adaptation alone is not an option".

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton’s book, American Apartheid, documents how racially segregated ghettos were deliberately created by federal policy, not impersonal market forces or private housing choices.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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