explain the concept of income consumption curve

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Explain the concept of income consumption curve 
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Income consumption curve is also called income offer curve and it is the locus of all optimal 
consumption points resulting from change in income, keeping price level constant.  The optimal 
consumption point is determined at a point where budget line is tangent on indifference curve. 
For a normal good, the income offer curve would be upward sloping but for an inferior good, it 
would be downward sloping curve.  
In case of normal good: suppose good x and good y are normal goods and the initial consumer 
equilibrium is at point E1 [defined by tangency between budget line (BC1) and indifference 
curve (IC1)]. Now suppose there is rise in income of the consumer.

explain the concept of income consumption curve

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