price control
Example Sentences
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Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government imposed price controls on fuel, and has urged Albanians to use their cars less after fuel prices rose 50% last week.
From Seattle Times
It’s a tradeoff - of jobs for price control - the Fed thought had become less relevant.
From Reuters
We asked experts about price controls in a recent article, and a vocal minority think that the 1970s experience unfairly tarnished the idea and that it might be worthwhile to reopen the debate.
From New York Times
The spike came about as the government moved away from price controls as part of efforts to build a market economy.
From Seattle Times
France also brought in price controls, as did Britain where inflation neared 25%.
From Reuters
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