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Global Price Trends After four months of consecutive price declines, the World Bank’s Food Price Index increased by 8% from December 2011 to March 2012. The price indices of grains, fats and oils, and other foods all increased in each month since January ...
May 18, 2012 at 02:21 | Source: Reliefweb.int
Families are surviving, but only just. Food and fuel price spikes, coupled with political instability, have left Yemen's economy in tatters. As is often the case, ordinary people are bearing the brunt of this crisis and have exhausted their ...
May 25, 2012 at 03:39 | Source: CNN
USDA says food prices surged in the final quarter of 2011, resulting in annual price inflation slightly above expectations for beef and veal, eggs, as well as fats and oils. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food-at-home increased more than expected in ...
May 25, 2012 at 13:55 | Source: AgWeb
In April the annual inflation figure for food in China was 7 percent. In March, that figure stood at 7.5 percent. "We expect that the consumer price index will continue falling in May and June, possibly to below 3 percent. But it will rebound in ...
May 11, 2012 at 17:39 | Source: United Press International
mainly driven by a sharp increase in the prices of food items, adding to the woes of policy makers as the economic growth remains under pressure, government data showed Monday. The monthly inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI ...
May 14, 2012 at 14:01 | Source: Sify
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Food Price Index for April, which measures the monthly change in international prices for five basic food commodities, fell 1% on March and 9% year-on-year, to 213.9 points. The decline in the food price index ...
May 16, 2012 at 01:41 | Source: Meattradenewsdaily (blog)
But a substantial surge in food prices has led analysts to doubt official figures, officially showing a consumer price index (CPI) hike of 3.3 per cent for March and 3 per cent for April, especially since food accounts for a third of the CPI basket.
May 11, 2012 at 15:44 | Source: AsiaNews.IT
The food price index fell 0.1% last month, says Statistics New Zealand, and showed no overall change to a year earlier. The decline was led by a 2.6% drop in non-alcoholic beverages from a month earlier and a 0.7% fall in grocery prices, with cheaper ...
May 11, 2012 at 00:57 | Source: National Business Review
mainly driven by a sharp increase in the prices of food items, adding to the woes of policy makers as the economic growth remains under pressure, government data showed. The monthly inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) was 9.74 percent during the ...
May 15, 2012 at 04:27 | Source: Silicon India
Last month’s consumer-price index matched the median forecast of economists surveyed ... The so-called core measure, which excludes more volatile food and energy costs, rose 0.2 percent for a second month. Some companies are holding the ...
May 15, 2012 at 12:19 | Source: Bloomberg