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 [...]
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) rose again in February, growing 3.9 percent from January to reach a new record high (unadjusted for inflation). February’s FPI was up 20.7 percent YOY, largely on-trend since the FPI has now risen in 17 of the last 20 [...]
In December 2021, FAO’s world Food Price Index (FPI), adjusted for inflation, fell by almost 1 percent from November, ending a four-month streak of gains averaging 2 percent per month. December’s decline came on weaker pricing for meat, cereal, oils, and sugar, influenced by [...]
FAO reported November’s world Food Price Index (FPI) up 1.2 percent from October’s FPI. Year to date, the 2021 FPI is up about 25 percent from 2020 and up 27 percent from the five-year average (adjusted for inflation). Year to date, the subindexes showing [...]
Adjusted for inflation, FAO’s Food Price Index (FPI) rose for the third straight month in October, up a respectable 3 percent YOY from September and up 29 percent YOY. The oils, cereals, and dairy indexes all recorded gains from September, the meat index fell [...]
Led by cereals, vegetable oils, and dairy, all FAO food price subindexes were up in September. Though gains were modest, the aggregate Food Price Index (FPI) still rose over 1 percent from August. (All values are adjusted for inflation.) The FPI showed monthly gains [...]
