Theory of Price Controls

Unibase [UB] jumps 21% as derivatives heat up: Can bulls clear $0.11?

How the derivative market pushed up the price action of Unibase by more than 21 in a day.

Richemont: Sales, Not Profits Explain The Price Momentum

Richemont: Sales, Not Profits Explain The Price Momentum

Newly introduced price gouging laws are in the ‘best interest of consumers’

Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino says the newly introduced anti-price gouging laws are in the “best interest of consumers”. ​“From today, it will be illegal for large supermarkets, such as Coles and Woolworths, to charge prices that are excessive when compared to the cost of the supply plus a reasonable margin,” Ms Mulino said during Question Time on Wednesday. ​“These reforms come with big penalties if breached. ​“These are tough laws with big penalties which are in the best interest of consumers.”

North Korea tightens control of local market prices since pandemic: report

North Korea has expanded the state’s role in regulating consumer goods prices since the COVID-19 pandemic as it continues to control economic activity within its borders, according to a Japanese journalist. Black markets (jangmadang), that sell food, clothes and foreign goods largely set their own prices until around 2020, but are now increasingly influenced by []

UK business growth slides to 14-month low as service sector shrinks

It also came as firms continued to increase prices in reaction to cost pressures from the Middle East conflict and government policy.

Apogee Q1 FY27 slides: earnings beat on cost controls, Kalwall deal

Apogee Q1 FY27 slides: earnings beat on cost controls, Kalwall deal

There’s no escape from inflation as a perfect storm of the ‘Godzilla’ El Niño, AI boom, Trump tariffs, fuel crunch, and Ukraine war keep prices high

These results suggest that many businesses are still adjusting their prices, more than a year after tariffs were first introduced.

[Finterest] Bangko Sentral lifts freeze on digital transfer fee hikes. Will prices rise?

For consumers, the moratorium’s lifting doesn't automatically mean fees will go up. But regulators still need to tweak their incentives so that the new pricing regime pushes costs down rather than give payment providers room to charge more.

Italy opens an antitrust probe into Microsoft 365’s AI price rise

The regulator says customers were moved to a pricier Copilot-bundled plan unless they actively opted out, with too little information to choose. The mechanics of a price rise can matter as much as the price itself, which is the question Italy’s competition authority has now decided to examine. On 26 June, the regulator said it [] This story continues at The Next Web

EU credit card price controls show dangers of government interference in the market

A new study from the Electronic Payments Coalition shows that — rather than making credit more affordable — price controls such as the Durbin-Marshall “Credit Card Competition Act” increase costs for consumers and reduce access. According to the report over the last 12 years: In the U.S. more than 80 of Americans have access to [] The post EU credit card price controls show dangers of government interference in the market appeared first on The Sentinel.

What Skims Knows About Pricing That Most Brands Don’t

It’s not shapewear. It’s identity you can wear.

Why a 25% discount on airfare cost a Montreal couple more — thanks to dynamic pricing

Why a 25% discount on airfare cost a Montreal couple more — thanks to dynamic pricing

Consumers can request to speak to human instead of chatbot under new financial services rules

There are also new restrictions on marketing practices designed to influence or pressure purchasing decisions.

सुनचाँदीको मूल्य बढ्यो, कतिमा हुँदैछ काराेबार ?

काठमाडौं। नेपाली बजारमा आज सुनचाँदीको मूल्य बढेको छ। नेपाल सुनचाँदी व्यवसायी महासंघका अनुसार आज सुनको मूल्य प्रतितोलामा दुई हजार सात सय रूपैयाँ बढेर दुई लाख ८७ हजार चार सय रूपैयाँमा किनबेच भइरहेको छ। बिहीबार सुनको मूल्य प्रतितोला दुई लाख ८४ हजार सात सय रूपैयाँमा कारोबार भएको थियो। यस्तै, शुक्रबार चाँदीको मूल्य पनि बढेको छ। आज []

Macroeconomic uncertainty weighs on TCS across geographies and business verticals

However for the consumer business or retail, management flagged a combination of inflationary pressures and ongoing geopolitical uncertainties are impacting discretionary spend.

EDITORIAL: PM’s selective morality is based on trade

Feds hard on Israel but not Saudi Arabia, China, or India

How Americans Are Making Room in Their Budgets for Higher Prices

How Americans Are Making Room in Their Budgets for Higher Prices

Fuel Prices in Kabul Rise by More Than 10 Percent; Sellers Blame Global Market

KABUL (Pajhwok):Fuel prices in Kabul city markets have increased by more than 10 percent compared with two days ago. Sellers attribute the rise to developments

Should You Buy McDonald's Largest Franchisee, or All of Domino's Pizza?

One trades at a steep discount on valuation metrics; the other commands a premium for its digital-first model and cash generation.

'Down valuation' phenomenon happening at 'scale not seen before' - and it's threatening house sales

'Down valuation' phenomenon happening at 'scale not seen before' - and it's threatening house sales

Chapter 2: Liberal Economic Policy

The economic case for private property and the free market, including the impracticability of socialism, the failures of interventionism, and the problems of cartels, monopoly, and bureaucracy.

A tragedy of incentives: Hotels, supermarkets and malls

The cranes are not the problem. What they are building for is

EU Sees 6 Billion Reasons for New Levy on Online Shoppers

Bargain-hunting consumers across the European Union will start feeling the pinch of higher online shopping costs next week when a new levy primarily targeting China comes into force, adding a layer of trade friction between the two economies.

China inflation slows in June as domestic demand remains weak

Consumer prices up 1 year-on-year, missing expectations, while producer inflation accelerates to 4.1

Asian vendors grapple with soaring costs of plastics amid Mideast war

Across Asia, food vendors are contending with higher costs for plastic bags, cups and containers as the energy crisis triggered by the Middle East war drives prices up. While the...