market force

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market force (plural market forces)

  1. The economic (political, and social) factors affecting the price of, demand for, and availability of a commodity.
    • 2023 September 3, Phil McNulty, “Declan Rice: The game-changing midfielder Arsenal need for title challenge”, in BBC Sport[1]:
      Few players are a guarantee at £105m - an excessive fee admittedly but the result of market forces - but Rice is one and he has been demonstrating how significant he will be even as Arsenal's early-season form was tentative.
    • 2023 November 1, Christian Wolmar, “Feast or famine endangers future of UK production plants”, in RAIL, number 995, page 49:
      The absence of a national rail manufacturer is the result of a long-term British phenomenon of bowing to market forces without regard for national interest.

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