政府在特定条件下采取的抑止物价上涨的强制性措施。当物价上涨幅度过大，严重影响人民生活和社会稳定时，政府在短期内可采取强行措施，实行价格统制，要求所有价格一律维持原水平，不得变动。
退休工人要求冻结物价。
几十个州的利益都与零售物价指数挂钩，但官方承诺，在最坏的情况下将冻结诸如求职补贴和住房补贴。
Dozens of state benefits are pegged to the RPI, but officials have promised that handouts such as jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit will at worst be frozen.
在美国，物价和工资一度冻结，并对进口物品增收10%的附加税。
In the United States, prices and wages were frozen for a time, and a 10-percent surcharge was imposed on imports.
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