Food Price Increases

World Socialist Web Site
View In: Food Price IncreasesWhile the White House and sections of the corporate media seized on the latest inflation data to claim that price increases are easing up, anger continues to build among workers over the soaring cost of living.

Counter Punch
View In: Food Price IncreasesThe May report is mostly bad news. The jump in energy and food prices were expected, nonetheless it will hit consumers hard. It seems likely that the rise in interest rates and slower growth will reverse price increases in more areas soon, notably cars, but it has not happened yet. Soaring energy an...

Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
View In: Food Price IncreasesWhenever there's an energy crisis, it can quickly become an everything crisis.

Zero Hedge News
View In: Food Price IncreasesSoaring Wheat Prices Leave These Countries Susceptible To Uprisings  Ukraine is considered the “breadbasket of Europe,” and the Russian invasion is choking off grain exports, sending global food prices to record highs. Grain prices surged to record highs last week as world food prices are now highe...

Zero Hedge News
View In: Food Price IncreasesRecord-High Global Food Prices Imminent As Edible Oil Soars Edible oil prices soared this week, prompting fears that record-high food prices could be imminent. On Wednesday, soybean oil futures in Chicago hit their highest levels since 2008, and palm oil, the commodity used in thousands of food products...

Zero Hedge News
View In: Food Price IncreasesSoaring Cooking Oil Prices Could Push Global Food Prices To Record Just days ago, the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) Food Price Index (FFPI), a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, printed near a record high, a level not seen in more than a decade...