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Role of Prices

Quebec’s Maple Syrup Stockpile

A basic rule of economics is that the price of products increases when demand exceeds supply, and the price decreases when supply exceeds demand. But producers can tinker with that formula. If they want to get around the supply-and-demand cycle, they can stockpile supplies and decide how much of a product to make available for […]

Posted bynpr_h1dlv5November 25, 2019November 25, 2019Posted inRole of Prices

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