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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
