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
State companies control the distribution of diesel, the dominant motor fuel, managing soft price controls.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
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 ● Dec. 30, 2025
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
Economic stabilization required measures, to spread limited supplies equitably by rationing, price controls, increased taxes, savings bond campaigns, and credit controls.
From State of the Union Address by Harry S. Truman
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