price controls
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Georgieva pleaded for countries not to take a go-it-alone approach by implementing export or price controls.
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
Such price controls also exact an economic cost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 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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