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price controls

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  1. Measures, usually temporary, taken by governments to limit price rises in times of rapid inflation.


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He shrank ministries, lifted price controls and widened the peso’s trading bands, cooling triple-digit inflation and stabilizing markets.

From The Wall Street Journal

President Richard Nixon’s wage and price controls are considered to be one of the worst economic schemes in modern history.

From Barron's

But if the experience of other industries that have faced threats of price controls from the administration is any guide, investors might actually want to consider buying bank stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal

She helped rein in public spending, stopped enforcing price controls and partially dollarized the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal

The damage has been greater for development on small-molecule pills, which are subject to the price controls four years earlier than biologics.

From The Wall Street Journal