Sentences with phrase «somewhat higher food prices»
Somewhat higher food prices are a good thing for overall global food production because they stimulate investments in the agricultural sector which are long overdue.
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Somewhat higher food prices are a bad thing for the poor because they can not afford a healthy diet in the first place and are forced to make further cuts on education and health spending if their food bill goes up.
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It seems that FOOD prices were up 10 %, driving consumer prices higher, but otherwise the «OFFICIAL DATA» was somewhat tepid with non-food up just 1.8 %.