First SeenFirst seen: The term supply and demand was first seen in Sir James Steuart's 1796 treatise An Inquiry Into the Principles of Political Economy. When figuring out your monthly budget, ...

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Liquid financial markets are priced on a real-time basis. The price fluctuates based on the feelings, beliefs and the predictions of what investors think the future value will be and how strongly, or ...