In a market that can be described with supply and demand curves, a price ceiling below the market clearing price: will raise consumer surplus. will lower consumer surplus. will leave consumer surplus unchanged. may either increase or decrease consumer surplus; the result is uncertain. Choose the most correct answer by clicking a button, or by typing a letter from the keyboard and pressing the tab key. In a market that can be described with supply and demand curves, what will a price ceiling below the market-clearing price do to the total of producer and consumer surplus? Raise it. Lower it. Leave it unchanged. Either increase or decrease it; the result is uncertain. Choose the most correct answer by clicking a button, or by typing a letter from the keyboard and pressing the tab key.