Suppose that the federal government places a binding price floor on coffee. To help support the price floor, the government purchases all coffee that consumers do not buy. If the price floor remains in place for a number of years, what do you expect to happen to each of the following? The quantity of coffee demanded by consumers will . The quantity of coffee supplied by producers will .

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Answer: The answer is as follows:

Explanation:

Price floor refers to the minimum price a commodity can be sold at.

Binding price floor refers to the price that is set by the government above the equilibrium level. This is minimum price for selling the coffee.

Because of this binding price floor:

The quantity of coffee demanded by the consumers will decreases as it will be more expensive for some of the consumers because price floor is higher than the price at equilibrium. Consumers will demand at a point where binding price floor is equal to quantity demanded.

Whereas the quantity of coffee supplied increases with the binding price floor. As it will became more profitable for the firms because of higher prices. Thus, prices are above the equilibrium level so the producers are trying to supply more.