price control

Example Sentences

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Some of the inflationary pressure can be traced to governments’ pullback from policies like price controls and subsidies that blunted the impact of rising energy prices on households.

From New York Times

Late last year, the Bahamian government had to impose price controls on dozens of food staples in a desperate attempt to combat inflation.

From Seattle Times

“It’s a price control,” he said, and “once you take out that, it’s not as clear that inflation is that benign.”

From New York Times

You then might propose remedies — such as revoking drilling permits or imposing price controls — that earn you lots of retweets but accidentally exacerbate energy shortages.

From Washington Post

But Borenstein says the biggest problem was that President Nixon imposed price controls on domestic oil and wouldn’t let them rise.

From Los Angeles Times