Tag: food price

• Tuesday, August 16th 2011 - 02:44 UTC

  Global food prices in July 33% higher than a year ago, says World Bank

  

  Global food prices are at high levels and when combined with continued volatility, put the poorest people in the developing world at continued risk, according to the World Bank Group’s Food Prices Watch released Monday.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 17:54 UTC

  Venezuelan inflation soars 2.7% in July; accumulates 25.1% in twelve months

  

  Venezuelan July inflation, as measured by the national index INPC, came in on the high side of expectations at 2.7%, up from June.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2011 - 08:06 UTC

  Strong tendency to lower inflation in coming months is forecasted in Brazil

  

  Brazil Central Bank head of Monetary Policy Aldo Mendes anticipated Monday that inflation in the coming two/three months will be almost flat, close to zero and supported his forecast on the food prices inflexion tendency.

• Monday, May 9th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  IDB opens discussion on food prices shock, inflation and protecting the urban poor

  

  Rising international food prices could trigger an acceleration of inflation in several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean this year, highlighting the need for policies to protect the urban poor, according to a new study by the Inter-American Development Bank, (IDB).

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2011 - 08:09 UTC

  Food prices threaten Latam countries; urban poor need protection, says IDB

  

  Rising international food prices could trigger an acceleration of inflation in several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean this year, highlighting the need for policies to protect the urban poor, according to a new study from the Inter American Development Ban (IDB).

• Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 21:01 UTC

  More people deeper in poverty as food prices soar 36%, says World Bank

  

  Driven in part by higher fuel costs connected to events in the Middle East and North Africa, global food prices are 36% above their levels a year ago and remain volatile, pushing people deeper into poverty, according to new World Bank Group numbers released Thursday.

• Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 19:43 UTC

  Venezuela and Argentina have the highest inflation rates in South America

  

  Venezuela and Argentina recorded the highest rates of inflation in South America during the first quarter of 2011 according to the latest data available.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2011 - 21:23 UTC

  China anticipating higher inflation hikes interest rate by 25 basis points

  

  China’s central bank announced Tuesday it would raise the benchmark one-year borrowing and lending interest rates by 25 basis points beginning Wednesday. This is the second time that The People’s Bank of China raises the benchmark interest rate this year and the fourth such increase since the start of last year.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2011 - 06:25 UTC

  Latam must prepare for ‘major prices’ fluctuations warn food organizations

  

  Food price volatility has increased in recent months and will remain high for the time being, according to a joint bulletin launched today by ECLAC, FAO and IICA.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2011 - 00:32 UTC

  World Bank food prices index jumps 15% in four months, just below 2008 record

  

  Rising food prices have driven an estimated 44 million people into poverty in developing countries since last June as food costs continue to rise to near 2008 levels, according to new World Bank Group numbers released ahead of the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Paris.