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This is my article for this week's topic - price controls. The article above relates to Thailand's government's attempt to control prices of goods. My write-up can be viewed here: https://pamojaeducation-com.campuspack.eu/Groups/13.Y2.ST.ODP.MAY.ECON.SL.A/Nattanopthorns_Economics_Blog/2013/11/11-2_-_Price_Control_Newsstand - Bee

Sinopec profit raises directly link to the relaxation of fuel price controls. Sinopec is a government control company, which controls a great deal of the lucrative oil market. When the government eased the fuel price control, it meant that the price could be increased by the oligopoly. This allowed greater margin of profits, which will benefit Sinopec and the government in terms of taxes. The problem is that when price of fuel which is an essential inelastic commodity increases, the inflation will increase for the average consumer. The consumer will have to pay more his daily consumption, which will affect the prices of the goods and services that he is selling.

Is the UPA government contemplating a return to price controls?

The following article discusses how the strict price controls set in the Venezuela are causing more harm then benefit. The ceiling prices are set so low that producers cannot make a profit anymore, causing a reduction of production but an increase in demand. This is causing a crisis in Venezuela where people struggle to purchase the goods which are being produced less and less due to the price controls.

This is my article for this week's topic - excise tax The article above relates to the raise in commodity prices in Egypt. My write-up can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/17HFScQ - Bee

For years, Americans have heard warnings about high health spending: The U.S. spends a greater percentage of its economy on health care than any other nation, and the trend lines make clear that in future years we'll be spending more still. More recently, we've seen media attention focus on the prices that Americans pay for medical services.

this article is about price control mechanism , price ceiling used on high price of plane tickets "creating competition is more effective at protecting customers from high prices than imposing ceiling prices for flight tickets on domestic lines."

Car prices in Venezuela are expensive so the government put a price ceiling it.

This article shows the impact of unemployment data on the currency and mentions how monetary policy should be used to control aggregate demand.

The UK price floor for tobacco.

Thatcher-era supply-side policy had been used in UK for a number of decades. Mark Carney, the new governor of the Bank of England wants to reduce unemployment through the monetary policy goal rather than the supply-side policy. He is making efforts to change the emphasis on the supply-side policy, which has always aimed to reduce employment and to control inflation by implementing the increase in investments and the introduction of taxes towards the rich. Carney wants to shift the conditions of the markets towards driving up more investors and creating financial stability through the interest rate policy. This may be the solution to UK's economic problems, which had been lasting for a number of years since 2008 and the Euro crisis.

BRUSSELS-The European Union could drop controversial investor-protection rules from its free-trade talks with the U.S., it is unlikely they do the same for its trade deal with Canada, its designated trade commissioner said. The deal is an important agreement between the states and the EU because it allows for faster and simpler trading between the countries. However, the debate has been intense around a specific clause which provides investors with additional protection which, if exploited, could allow them to potentially sue governments. The question is how free should the trade agreement be and what is the right level of government control.