prices and incomes policy

British

noun

voluntary or statutory regulation of the level of increases in prices and incomes

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But despite Wilson's exhortations and despite his government's voluntary "prices and incomes policy," which aims at limiting wage escalation to 3.5% annually, wages last year jumped by 8% while prices rose by 4.5%.

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