Normal Goods | Inferior Goods | Substitutes Goods | Complements Goods

Discuss about normal goods ,inferior goods , substitutes goods and complements. 

 

Normal goods 

Other things being equal,when the demand of a goods increases as income increases and the demand of a goods decreases as income decreases,then those goods are called normal goods.

For Example:

If rice is your normal goods, When your income increases the consumption of rice will increase and When the income decreases the consumption of rice will decrease.

         

Inferior goods: Other things being equal,when the demand of a goods increases as income decreases and the demand of a goods decreases as income increases,then those goods are called inferior goods.

For example:If used cars and used clothes are your inferior goods,when your income increases then the consumption will decrease and when income decreases then the consumption will increase.

                  Substitute goods 

All other things being equal, if an increase in the price of one leads to an increase in the demand for the other goods and a decrease in the price of one leads to decrease in the demand for the other goods,those goods are called substitutes goods.

Tea and coffee are substitute goods .An increase price of tea leads to increase demand of coffee and decrease the price of tea leads to decrease the demand of coffee.

                   

            Complements Goods 

    All other things being equal, if an increase in the price of one leads to an decrease in the demand for the other goods and a decrease in the price of one leads to  increase  in the demand for the other goods,those goods are called complements goods.

Pen and ink are complements goods.An increases price of ink leads to decrease demand of pen and decrease the price of ink leads to increase the demand of pen.