FAO Food Price Index (FPI) fell for the tenth-straight month in January as each subindex clocked a monthly drop from December prices. The composite FPI fell 2.5 percent from December and was down 4.9 percent from January 2022. Monthly declines for the subindexes ranged [...]
All but two components of FAO’s Food Price Index (FPI) fell in November, allowing the overall index to slip slightly from the previous month. The combined FPI has now seen monthly declines from April through November, and though this included drops of just 0.1 [...]
Adjusted for inflation, FAO’s October Food Price Index (FPI) fell by 0.1 percent from August, the sixth straight monthly decline. Year on year, the index is up about 0.3 percent—a minor difference compared to the double-digit YOY growth seen from early 2021 through July [...]
Adjusted for inflation, FAO’s Food Price Index (FPI) fell 1 percent in September, the sixth straight down month. Year on year, the September FPI was up nearly 4 percent—significant, but a vast change from growth in 2021. The 2021 FPI was up 26 percent [...]
FAO’s Food Price Index (FPI) fell for a fourth straight month in July, down by nearly 9 percent from June, adjusted for inflation, the steepest monthly drop, in percentage terms, since October 2008. The FPI is still up 11 percent YOY, supported especially by [...]
FAO’s aggregate Food Price Index (FPI) was down 2.3 percent in June, the third straight month of decline. The drop was well above the monthly declines in April and May, down just 0.8 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively (all index figures adjusted for inflation). [...]
FAO’s Food Price Index (FPI) was reported down over half a percent in May, adjusted for inflation, the second straight monthly decline. May’s FPI was still up 20.8 percent YOY, supported by significant gains across all subindexes. Food commodities showing the most significant YOY [...]
In April, FAO’s Food Price Index (FPI) fell slightly from March, possibly a positive sign after strong food price inflation in previous months. Adjusted for inflation, the FPI was 121.8, down about 0.8 percent from prices in March. The FPI was still up 28 [...]
