ECONOMICSagovernmentplantolimitinflationbycontrollingtheamountthatpeopleearn:Unionshumiliatedthegovernment,sweepingasideitsincomespolicywhich hadtriedtoholdpayincreasesto 5%.(Definition ofincomes policyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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incomes policyShe focused on matters of economic affairs (technology, innovation, export, regional and business location policy) and topincomespolicy.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The 1984 biannualincomespolicyarrangement was also modest in its scope.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Historically, price controls have often been imposed as part of a largerincomespolicypackage also employing wage controls and other regulatory elements.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His particular areas of interest were nuclear power,incomespolicy, education policy and ministerial patronage.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yet another economic option, ideally in conjunction with the provision of public goods, is the redistribution of wealth either by means of anincomespolicyor by progressive taxation.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Apparently, the first year of economic policy-making by the purple coalition has been - in retrospect - characterized by developing a new practice of negotiatingincomespolicy.From theCambridge English CorpusSocial partners again disagreed on the major issues ofincomespolicy.From theCambridge English CorpusIt also needed to secure the support of those government departments that would overseeincomespolicy.From theCambridge English CorpusThe government therefore determinedincomespolicyin this year.From theCambridge English CorpusIn the 1980s centre-right governments clearly choose a different mode of involvement inincomespolicy.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/incomes-policy##
