Market Supply: what is Market Supply?

• A. The willingness and ability of producers to offer a good or service at a given price
• B. The total supply of a product
• C. The price mechanism
• D. Demand

Answer: (B)

Market supply is the total quantity of a product that all producers in the market are willing and able to offer for sale at each price. It’s found by adding up each individual producer’s quantity supplied at every price, giving the market-wide supply curve. The phrase about the willingness and ability of producers to offer a good at a given price describes supply in general, which could refer to a single producer, whereas market supply specifically sums across all producers. The other ideas mix in different concepts: the price mechanism is how prices allocate resources, and demand is what buyers are willing to purchase.