sentences:  The average Real GDP contracted between 1971 and 1973 at an annual rate of 5.6% ("negative growth"), and the government's fiscal deficit soared while foreign reserves declined.Inflation led to the rise of black markets in rice, beans, sugar, and flour, and a "disappearance" of such basic commodities from supermarket shelves.The government attempted to prevent this shortage by creating "juntas de Abastecimientos y Precios" (JAP, literally "Committees of Supply and Prices").