inelastic
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“This strategy, in our opinion, leverages share gains at the lower end and pushes prices higher in the more inelastic segments.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Demand is what economists call inelastic, meaning it doesn't respond to price signals.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
“Oil is the clearest example because short-run demand is relatively inelastic: transportation still needs gasoline and diesel, airlines still need jet fuel, and petrochemical plans still need feedstock,” she said in a note Thursday.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026
But as Te Haumihiata Mason, a translator working in Māori, points out to Mr. Hahn, in New Zealand few plants bud in May, so an inelastic approach here risks puzzling the audience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Perhaps when he had reached the allotted span of life, he came to feel that the time had arrived to take things more easily, and to be less inelastic in his governance of the Abbey.
From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de
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Engineering - Introductory
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