Government policies to keep the prices of commodities up to some minimum level. This applies mainly to agricultural products, to raise the incomes of producers. Price support works either by buying the product to prevent the market price from falling, or by paying the producer a subsidy to cover any shortfall of market price below the support price.

• trustee
• t test
• TUC
• turnkey project
• turnover
• turnover tax
• two-gap model
• two-part tariff
• two-stage least squares
• two-tier board
• type I and II errors
• unbiased estimator
• unbundling
• uncertainty
• uncompetitive
• UNCTAD
• undated security
• under-capitalized
• under-developed country
• under-funded pension scheme
• underlying rate of inflation
• under-subscription
• under-valued currency
• underwriting
• undistributed profits