price caps

3 essential commodities: Price caps prove a total failure

The government failed to enforce the price cap on onions and potatoes even for a single day since it issued the order about a month ago.

Stop this charade of price control

Why expect different outcomes with the same flawed policy?

Price capping a windfall for syndicates?

Govt move fails for lack of strong oversight on suppliers

Will price controls work to tame inflation?

A persistently higher inflation for more than a year has hit the low-income, the poor and the fixed-income people in Bangladesh hard, significantly eroding their purchasing power.  

Potatoes, eggs, onions still not being sold at govt-fixed prices

Potatoes, eggs and onions are not being sold at the price fixed by the government at the retail level despite government agencies conducting raids.

Why set price caps if no shopkeeper complies?

Prices of onions, potatoes, and eggs continue to remain unstable

October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023

3 essential commodities: Price caps prove a total failure

The government failed to enforce the price cap on onions and potatoes even for a single day since it issued the order about a month ago.

September 25, 2023
September 25, 2023

Stop this charade of price control

Why expect different outcomes with the same flawed policy?

September 25, 2023
September 25, 2023

Price capping a windfall for syndicates?

Govt move fails for lack of strong oversight on suppliers

September 21, 2023
September 21, 2023

Potatoes, eggs, onions still not being sold at govt-fixed prices

Potatoes, eggs and onions are not being sold at the price fixed by the government at the retail level despite government agencies conducting raids.

September 21, 2023
September 21, 2023

Will price controls work to tame inflation?

A persistently higher inflation for more than a year has hit the low-income, the poor and the fixed-income people in Bangladesh hard, significantly eroding their purchasing power.  

September 17, 2023
September 17, 2023

Why set price caps if no shopkeeper complies?

Prices of onions, potatoes, and eggs continue to remain unstable