U.S. April food prices up 1% from March, up 9% YOY

ERS estimates inflation for selected food price indexes in the U.S. was 1.0 percent in April vs. March, with inflation for food at home at 1.3 percent that month. Eggs saw double-digit inflation, up 10.3 percent from March and up 22.6 percent YOY. Dairy [...]

Food Price Index jumps 38% above year-ago levels

Adjusted for inflation, FAO’s Food Price Index was up nearly 38 percent YOY in May on gains across all subindexes. The Index as up nearly 5 percent from April, the highest monthly gain since January 2015. (Not adjusted for inflation, it would be the [...]

FAO: World food prices up nearly 8.8% YOY in January

FAO reported its January food price index up 2.7 percent from December and up 8.8 percent YOY (adjusted for inflation). Month on month, its component subindexes were either up (cereals, oils, sugar) or nearly flat (meat, dairy). Year on year, nearly all subindexes made [...]

World food prices up 6.5%

FAO’s Food Price Index (FPI) for October was up 3.1 percent from the previous month. Year on year, the October FPI was up 6.5 percent. (All figures are adjusted for inflation; the index baseline comes from 2014 to 2016 prices.) Nearly all the price [...]

Food Price Index rises for second month

Adjusted for inflation, the September FAO Food Price Index was reported up 2 percent from August and up under 6 percent YOY. This is the fourth straight month of monthly gains but only the second straight month of YOY gains. Month on month, most [...]

Food Price Index down in last four reported months

The FAO Food Price Index rose for a second straight month. Adjusted for inflation, the index rose 1.2 percent month on month (MOM) in July after gaining 2.3 percent in June. The sugar price index gained for a third straight month, albeit more slowly [...]

FAO’s Food Price Index at 17-month lows

FAO reports that its Food Price Index (FPI) fell in May for the fourth consecutive month, bringing the Index to its lowest level since December 2018, a 17-month low. Adjusted for inflation, May’s FPI fell 2 percent from April and was down 6 percent [...]

FAO Food Price Index down for a second month

FAO’s Food Price Index for March 2020 fell 4 percent from February (adjusted for inflation). The Price Index for March was still up 2.7 percent YOY, though that is the lowest monthly YOY increase in seven months. For 2020 to date, the Food Price [...]

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