However, the problem is that these price ceilings (like the absurd pegged exchange rate) are woefully inadequate. Example: It costs you one dollar in the US to bake a loaf of bread. If the government tells you that said loaf can only be sold for ten cents, your options are to A. not sell anything. B. Sell at a higher price. C. Sell a substandard product. Or D. Sell at a loss. (No sane person would choose D.) Yet: the CPI assumes D, so there is yet another mess.