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Food and Fuel Crisis

FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT

Rising Prices on the Menu


Finance & Development, March 2011, Vol. 48, No. 1

Thomas Helbling & Shaun Roache

AROUND the world, poor weather has reduced harvests and driven up food prices, fueling inflation risks and hitting the most vulnerable. Floods in Australia, Pakistan, and parts of India have helped push up the cost of food, as have droughts in China, Argentina, and Eastern Europe. Energy prices are again on the rise, with likely knock-on effects for food.

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COMMODITY PRICES

Rising Food Prices May Be Here to Stay


Steady rises in the price of food since 2000 seem to be a trend, and not just the result of temporary factors, caution IMF economists Thomas Helbling and Shaun Roache in a Finance & Development (F&D) magazine article.
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  IMF Primary Commodity Prices

The Commodities Research Department provides information on primary commodity market developments. it's presented annually, quarterly, monthly, and weekly.

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