price controls
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Rigid price controls helped flood local markets with cheap rebar and cement that stoked a construction boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
She called for "restrictive, targeted, temporary actions" by governments, rather than wide-ranging price controls, subsidies or export restrictions.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
State companies control the distribution of diesel, the dominant motor fuel, managing soft price controls.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
South East Water was one of five companies to contest regulator Ofwat's latest price controls, which already allowed it to increase an average annual bill from £232 to £274 by 2030.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025
The government also has attempted to reduce price controls and subsidies and to encourage market-based mechanisms, e. g., to facilitate the distribution of imported food.
From The 1995 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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