Price Increases. Memorandum by the President of the Board of Trade. The reasons which have been given to justify price increases are so multitudinous that a rough classification seems to be essential, even though the boundaries between the classes are somewhat indistinct, and more than one argument is often used to justify a single price increase. Broadly speaking then we may distinguish the following:- 1. Increases due to higher "reale" costs. War conditions have in many cases caused production to be carried on in a less efficient way, so that we get a smaller physical result per unit of effort.
- Civil Defence Region
- Nationwide
- Collection ID
- CAB71
- Document Reference
- CAB 71/3/13
- Document Types
- Memorandum
- File Reference
- CAB 71/3
- Former Department Reference
- LP(41) 11
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.cab71.000003.013
- Keywords
- Agricultural Production Agriculture Compensation Contingency Planning Domestic Trade Exports Freight Shipping Imports Overseas Trade Prices Rationing Raw Materials Subsidies Taxation Wages
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- Board of Trade Committee on Economic Policy Lord President's Committee
- Pages
- 4
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Series
- Papers Nos. 1(41) - 75(41)
- Themes
- Rationing Supply Licensing Price Control
