A Price Floor Above Equilibrium Creates Surpluses When the government sets a price floor above equilibrium (panel A), businesses try to sell Q2 at a price of Pf, but consumers are willing to purchase only Q1 at that price, resulting in a surplus equal to Q2 − Q1, and causing deadweight loss equal to the shaded area. If the price floor is set below equilibrium (panel B), the price floor has no effect, and the market price and quantity prevail with no deadweight loss created.