What can you infer was behind Nixon's decision to "freeze” wages and prices?

Nixon’s wage-and-price freeze was intended to stop prices and wages from rising rapidly. The reasoning was that inflation shows up in increasing wages and prices, so temporarily holding them steady could slow or halt inflation. The other choices either assume people would accept lower pay or suggest effects on consumer spending or unemployment, which do not explain the freeze.

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