All Executive Orders
Executive Order 11615Revoked
Providing for Stabilization of Prices, Rents, Wages, and Salaries
Richard Nixon
August 15, 1971
36 FR 15727
Summary
Imposed a 90-day freeze on wages, prices, and rents across the United States as part of Nixon's New Economic Policy to combat inflation. Part of the broader decision to end the gold standard convertibility of the dollar.
Topics
economic policyinflationwage controlsprice controls