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Prices tell producers what consumers want.

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Producers also use prices to appeal to the consumers they hope will buy their products

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In a market-based economy, prices function as an incentive because they represent potential for profit

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Just as changing prices motivate producers, prices in the form of wages and salaries motivate workers.

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Prices allow markets to adjust quickly when major events such as wars and natural disasters interfere with the production or movement of goods, wreaking havoc on supply

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This new, low equilibrium price reflected the fact that in addition to the increase in supply as U.S. facilities went back on line, refiners throughout the world had rushed fuel to the United States in the months after the hurricanes. As the supply of gasoline increased, prices at the pump went down.

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The firms whose dairy products are in greatest demand will buy the most milk in order to make products to meet that demand.

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Guided by prices that communicate what consumers want, dairy producers automatically allocate milk—a scarce resource used to make many different products—to its most valued use.