Immediately following world war ii, president truman reinstated price controls in an attempt to raise the prices of consumer goods. decrease the rate of inflation. increase demand for consumer goods. lower taxes to stabilize the economy.

Immediately after World War II, President Truman increased demand for consumer goods, as a way to stimulate the economy.

The end of World War II was followed by an awkward transition from a war economy to a peacetime economy. The president faced the renewal of labor disputes that had remained dormant during the war years, a severe shortage of housing and consumer products, and widespread dissatisfaction with inflation, which rose by 6% in just one month.

But after overcoming the initial obstacles of the 1945-48 period, thanks to Truman's consumption policies, the Americans found large sums of money for work done during the war that had not been possible to spend given the small amount of goods to buy in those years. The result was massive consumption and spending, with a huge and voracious demand for new homes, cars and appliances, that made the economy grow in a high scale.