price control
Example Sentences
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What is understood by most economists, however, is that a federal rate cap would function as a price control for the consumer credit markets.
From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026
"If there is no supply and production, we will not achieve effective price control," Esteban Lazo Hernandez, the president of Cuba's parliament, said during a session earlier this week.
From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2023
The consensus among forecasters is that it will be roughly inflation-neutral; its first drug price control, a $35 monthly cap on insulin, does not start until next year.
From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2022
The reduced electrical connections and gas pipelines between Spain and France led to the EU allowing Iberian countries to install their own price control mechanisms this spring.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2022
Even the soldiers had suspicions at last that they were being charged too much in some stores and the American officers took over price control as another of their many responsibilities.
From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood
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