"Samsung and other chip giants have seen their pricing power increase, as a pandemic-fueled surge in demand for semiconductors has created widespread shortages." This suggests: Group of answer choices market forces are returning it to equilibrium Samsung is greedy quantity is declining demand is contracting
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