What does it indicate when the price elasticity of demand is expressed as a negative value?

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29 May 2019
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The price elasticity of demand is typically negative because the demand curve slopes downward, meaning that as price increases, quantity demanded decreases, which reflects the inverse relationship between price and demand.

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