market forces
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈmɑrkɪt fɔrsɪz/
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fuerzas del mercado
- In a free market, prices fluctuate according to market forces like supply and demand.
- harness market forces
- free market forces
- competitive market forces
And we use some market forces like a revenue neutral carbon tax.
- And we use some market forces like a revenue neutral carbon tax.
- He points out that recent European elections show that there's no relationship between a country's exposure to market forces and its degree of populist anger.
- And so the more we can get government out of the economy and let market forces back in, we are going to have a more prosperous society.
- It Shields them from the vagrants of market forces.
Examples
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Policies are needed to mobilize and harness the power of market forces for the environment.
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The Fed's role in distorting asset prices is set to diminish as market forces reassert themselves.
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It's all about market forces and the health and the condition of your product.
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The use of market forces to protect the environment is not a new idea.
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There are corners of the healthcare sector where market forces have been given room to breathe.
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Some will argue that global market forces should simply be allowed to operate without interference.
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In this simple process, nothing is subsidized and eventually, market forces take over.
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Hart added that the law "operates more completely where medical care is most exposed to market forces."
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The market does not always deliver the best outcome for society, but policy can harness market forces positively.
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The challenge for policymakers today is to devise policies that harness rather than obstruct market forces.
Academic text (1992)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'economic factors/influences in a market' is directly derivable from combining 'market' (commerce) with 'forces' (sources of influence); it is a straightforward compositional noun phrase rather than an idiom. This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'fuerzas del mercado', French 'forces du marché'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will very likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Market forces is a phrase that comes from the image of a busy market where many buyers and sellers act like invisible forces, pushing and pulling on prices. So it now means the unseen 'pushes' from buyers and sellers that shape 'prices' and decide which businesses succeed or fail.