Price Administrator

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The Price Administrator was a U.S. wartime official responsible for setting and enforcing price controls to prevent inflation and economic instability during World War II.

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Price Administrator canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal position
government office
aimsTo control wartime inflation
prevent economic instability
protect consumers
appliesTo World War II NERFINISHED
collaboratesWith other wartime economic agencies
country United States of America
surface form: United States
enforces price ceilings
rationing-related price rules
hasJurisdictionOver domestic U.S. markets
hasRole enforcing price controls
maintaining economic stability
preventing inflation
setting price controls
legalBasis wartime emergency powers
operatedDuring early 1940s
partOf U.S. wartime administration
wartime economic mobilization
policyTool administrative price fixing
enforcement actions against violators
reasonForCreation need for centralized price control
wartime inflation risk
regulates prices of goods
prices of services
sector economic policy
price regulation
supervises implementation of price regulations
temporalContext Second World War NERFINISHED

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Supreme Court case Yakus v. United States involvedOfficial Price Administrator
subject surface form: Yakus v. United States