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Price ceiling A legal maximum price that may be charged for a particular good or service.
Price controls Government mandated minimum or maximum prices that can be charged for goods and services.

 


price ceiling a government price control that sets the maximum allowable price for a good. (3)
price control a government law or regulation that sets or limits the price to be charged for a particular good. (3) ...

Price ceiling - Usually refers to a government imposed limit on how high a price can be charged on a product.

PRICE CEILING: A legally established maximum price. The government is occasionally inclined to keep the price of one good or another from rising too high. Examples include apartments, gasoline, and natural gas.

price ceiling at which technical analysts note persistent selling of a commodity or security. If XYZ's stock generally trades between a low of $50 and a high of $60 a share, $50 is called the support leveland $60 is called the resistance level.

Price ceiling
A government-imposed upper limit on the price that may be charged for a product. If that limit is binding, it implies a situation of excess demand and shortage.
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The crucial false step is the introduction of price ceilings on food, with the aim of 'fair shares' or simply to hold down urban unrest. But the consequence is that farmers reduce their food deliveries to the cities.

It is "free" in the sense that the government makes no attempt to intervene through taxes, subsidies, minimum wages, price ceilings, etc. Market prices may be distorted by a seller or sellers with monopoly power, or a buyer with monopsony power.

There are no price ceilings, so it's possible for shares to double or triple or more over time-though they could also lose value. The issuing company may pay dividends, but it isn't required to do so.

Price ceilings (such as price controls and rent controls), price floors (such as minimum wage and living wage laws) and taxation are all said to create deadweight losses. Deadweight loss occurs when supply and demand are not in equilibrium.

The buyer's closing costs are limited and the required down payment is lower. There is a price ceiling on the amount a homebuyer can borrow with an FHA mortgage, based on the state and county where the property is located.

A price level above which it is supposedly difficult for a security or market to rise. Price ceiling at which technical analysts note persistent selling of a commodity or security. Antithesis of support level.
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resistance level: Real or artificial price ceiling in technical analysis that when overcome signify a new upward trading trend.
restricted stock: A stock with trading restrictions, normally at least one year.

A price level above which it is supposedly difficult for a security or market to rise. Used in the context of general equities. Price ceiling at which technical analysts note persistent selling of a commodity or security. Antithesis of support level.

Resistance level
A price level above which it is supposedly difficult for a security or market to rise. Price ceiling at which technical analysts note persistent selling of a commodity or security. Antithesis of support level.

There is a price ceiling on the amount a homebuyer can borrow with an FHA mortgage, based on the state and county where the property is located.

See also: Banks, Saving, Expense, Values, Relative Strength

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