An economic signal is a "lemon." some information that people to make better decisions economically. the ability for an owner to choose to do whatever they want with the goods that they own so that they can better themselves off. a measure of how efficient an economy is. which of the scenarios are examples of an economic signal? the market price for toilet paper has not changed over the last 10 years. prices in housing markets fall. companies begin hiring more people after a long period of high unemployment in the united states. purchases of floppy disks and cds decline dramatically as the demand for online streaming of similar goods increases.