Given the losses in Russia and Australia in the past year that constricted global supply and generated conflicts
over rising food prices, this insurance against climate uncertainty is critical.
[As] concerns
over rising food prices subsided [from the second quarter], political stability is now the second highest concern after recent high - profile demonstrations and as politics [dominates] the media headlines,» Richard Hall, country manager of Nielsen Malaysia, told CNBC in an e-mail interview.
Not exact matches
On Friday the Labor Department announced that the core consumer
price index (CPI)-- which strips out volatile
food and energy costs —
rose 2.3 %
over the past 12 months, up from 1.8 % one year ago.
Higher
food prices could pose a challenge to the government of the nation's president, Jacob Zuma, who is confronting widening public anger
over rising income inequality and whose party, the African National Congress, is expected to face serious challenges in municipal elections this year.
Over the year,
food prices rose by 4 1/2 per cent, with above - average
price rises being recorded for a number of commodities affected by the drought.
Another important, although more temporary influence on inflation recently has been a large
rise in the
price of
food, which was up by 1.8 per cent in the December quarter, and by 3.4 per cent
over the year.
Over the last five years, as Coles challenged suppliers and cut or absorbed cost
price rises, the retailer has recorded annual
food and liquor deflation of 1.5 per cent and claims to have saved the average family more than $ 600 a year off their grocery shop.
Nestle doesn't expect raw material
prices to
rise further this year, despite a recent FAO report that forecasts an increase of
over 2 per cent in the world
food import bill in 2006.
You know the one with
over 9 % unemployment,
rising food / fuel
prices, and zero job - growth.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown that
food prices have
risen 1.2 %
over the last 12 months alone.
It's a testament to the resilience of the American working class that between
rising prices for basic necessities like housing,
food, clothing and gasoline we still have enough left
over to make payments on our various debts.
It measures the changing
prices of everyday household goods and services like
food and energy bills, and shows how inflation
rises over the years.
Total revenue has been
rising over the past 5 years due in part to the
rise in global
food prices.
Given the new burst of concern
over volatile and
rising global
food prices from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and various aid and environmental campaigners, late last week I sent some questions to a broad array of scholars and analysts focused on global resources and dema
food prices from the United Nations
Food and Agriculture Organization and various aid and environmental campaigners, late last week I sent some questions to a broad array of scholars and analysts focused on global resources and dema
Food and Agriculture Organization and various aid and environmental campaigners, late last week I sent some questions to a broad array of scholars and analysts focused on global resources and demands.
I blame the Greens and environmentalists for causing tens of millions of deaths through banning DDT, causing
food price rises and increasing
food poverty though their advocacy of biofuels and, importantly, causing the world's CO2 emissions to be about 10 % to 20 % higher now than they would have been if not for their anti-nuclear activism
over the past half century.
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We've already noted that survivalism is the new black, and with climate change, peak oil, and
rising food prices all vying for our attention, it's little wonder that folks all
over are thinking more and more about what they would do if our
With staple
food prices to
rise over 45 %
over the next decade and major oil disasters bringing national focus to our
over-dependence on fossil fuels, 2 % is no chump change.