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PRICE CONTROL [2 records]

Record 1 2000-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Operating Systems (Software)
  • Inventory and Material Management
DEF

Indicator determining the procedure used for material valuation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Systèmes d'exploitation (Logiciels)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
DEF

indicateur déterminant la procédure à suivre pour la valorisation des stocks.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
  • Market Prices
  • Industry-Government Relations (Econ.)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A governmental policy to maximise the price of a commodity or commodities, to protect the consumer against high prices. This is done for political reasons on occasions when the government wishes to keep down wages/inflation. [Klein, Gérald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995.]

CONT

Government price regulation is not needed ... Eighteen pharmaceutical companies, with more than two-thirds of U.S. sales, have pledged to keep prices at or below inflation - and are honoring their pledges....

Key term(s)
  • control of prices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
  • Prix (Commercialisation)
  • Relations de l'industrie avec l'État (Écon.)
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Action exercée par les pouvoirs publics en matière de prix en vue de surveiller le libre jeu de la loi de l'offre et de la demande et même de le limiter ou de le supprimer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
  • Precios (Comercialización)
  • Relaciones de la industria con el Estado (Economía)
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Medida de política financiera que realizan las autoridades hacendarias con el fin de controlar los volúmenes monetarios del encaje legal bancario, de tal forma que el crédito pueda contraerse, expandirse o mantenerse constante.

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